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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-1496 json

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in imgproxy/imgproxy

published 2023-03-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-ch9g-x9j7-rcgp , GO-2023-1651 , EUVD-2023-0983

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository imgproxy/imgproxy prior to 3.14.0.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3 3.14.0
  • imgproxy imgproxy/imgproxy 3.14.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Imgproxy < 3.14.0 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS) nuclei detection template
  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/de603972-935a-401a-96fb-17ddadd282b2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3
<3.14.0
3.14.0
go github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy
all versions
no fix listed
go github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v2
all versions
no fix listed

Affected products

  • imgproxy imgproxy/imgproxy

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.