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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2023-39528 json

PrestaShop vulnerable to file reading through path traversal

published 2023-08-07 3 y ago modified 2026-07-16 3 mo ago also GHSA-hpf4-v7v2-95p2 , EUVD-2023-2303

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce web application. Prior to version 8.1.1, the `displayAjaxEmailHTML` method can be used to read any file on the server, potentially even outside of the project if the server is not correctly configured. Version 8.1.1 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Patch / fix

  • packagist prestashop/prestashop 8.1.1
  • prestashop prestashop 8.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist prestashop/prestashop
<8.1.1
8.1.1

Affected products

  • PrestaShop PrestaShop

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.