# CVE-2023-42817: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in pimcore admin-ui-classic-bundle translations

- Also known as: GHSA-M988-7375-7G2C
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 1.1.2
- Published: 2023-09-25 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- pimcore admin-ui-classic-bundle: fixed in 1.1.2
- pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle (Packagist): fixed in 1.1.2

## Description

Pimcore admin-ui-classic-bundle provides a Backend UI for Pimcore. The translation value with text including “%s” (from “%suggest%) is parsed by sprintf() even though it’s supposed to be output literally to the user. The translations may be accessible by a user with comparatively lower overall access (as the translation permission cannot be scoped to certain “modules”) and a skilled attacker might be able to exploit the parsing of the translation string in the dialog box. This issue has been patched in commit `abd77392` which is included in release 1.1.2. Users are advised to update to version 1.1.2 or apply the patch manually.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pimcore admin-ui-classic-bundle, pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle/security/advisories/GHSA-m988-7375-7g2c
- https://github.com/pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle/commit/abd7739298f974319e3cac3fd4fcd7f995b63e4c

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