CVE-2023-30838
PrestaShop is an Open Source e-commerce web application. Prior to versions 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9, the `ValidateCore::isCleanHTML()` method of Prestashop misses hijackable events which can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) injection, allowed by the presence of pre-setup `@keyframes` methods. This XSS, which hijacks HTML attributes, can be triggered without any interaction by the visitor/administrator, which makes it as dangerous as a trivial XSS attack.
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Contrary to other attacks which target HTML attributes and are triggered without user interaction (such as onload / onerror which suffer from a very limited scope), this one can hijack every HTML element, which increases the danger due to a complete HTML elements scope. Versions 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9 contain a fix for this issue.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.9
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.04%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 63
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/46408ae4b02f3b8b1bb6e9dc63af5bcd858abd9c
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/dc682192df0e4b0d656a8e645b29ca1b9dbe3693
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-fh7r-996q-gvcp
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/46408ae4b02f3b8b1bb6e9dc63af5bcd858abd9c
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/dc682192df0e4b0d656a8e645b29ca1b9dbe3693
- https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-fh7r-996q-gvcp
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