baserCMS: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in blog post
baserCMS is a website development framework. Prior to version 5.2.3, baserCMS has a cross-site scripting vulnerability in blog posts. This issue has been patched in version 5.2.3.
- Published
- Mar 30, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 23th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| basercms | basercms | cpe:2.3:a:basercms:basercms |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- basercms basercmsbefore 5.2.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
baserproject basercms
- < 5.2.3affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | baserproject/basercms | before 5.2.3 | 5.2.3 |
Same product
basercms: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-10842SQL injection vulnerability in the baserCMS 3.0.14 and earlier, 4.0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands 40Plan
- CVE-2023-43792baserCMS Code Injection Vulnerability in Mail Form Feature39Monitor
- CVE-2023-43649baserCMS CSRF vulnerability in Content preview Feature39Monitor
- CVE-2023-25655baserCMS allows any file to be uploaded39Monitor
- CVE-2023-25654baserCMS File Uploader Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2026-30880baserCMS: OS command injection vulnerability in installer37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| baserproject basercms | 5.2.3 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| Packagist:baserproject/basercms | 5.2.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-327340 days apartbaserCMS: Multiple vulnerabilities in baserCMS24Monitor
- CVE-2024-46995522 days apartbaserCMS has Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in HTTP 400 Bad Request24Monitor
- CVE-2024-46994522 days apartbaserCMS has Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Blog posts and Contents list Feature21Monitor
- CVE-2024-46996522 days apartbaserCMS has a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Blog posts Feature21Monitor
- CVE-2024-46998522 days apartbaserCMS has a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Edit Email Form Settings Feature21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- basercms.net/security/JVN_20837860
- github.com/baserproject/basercms/releases/tag/5.2.3
- github.com/baserproject/basercms/security/advisories/GHSA-jmq3-x8q7-j9qm
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.