# CVE-2023-44389: Zope management interface vulnerable to stored cross site scripting via the title property

- Also known as: GHSA-M755-GXXG-R5QH, PYSEC-2023-193
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.8.11, 5.8.6
- Published: 2023-10-04 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- zopefoundation Zope: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.8.11; from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.8.6
- zope (PyPI): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.8.11
- zope (PyPI): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.8.6
- zope (PyPI): from 5.0, fixed in 5.8.6; from 4.0, fixed in 4.8.11

## Description

Zope is an open-source web application server. The title property, available on most Zope objects, can be used to store script code that is executed while viewing the affected object in the Zope Management Interface (ZMI). All versions of Zope 4 and Zope 5 are affected. Patches will be released with Zope versions 4.8.11 and 5.8.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zopefoundation Zope, zope, upgrade to a fixed version (4.8.11, 5.8.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/security/advisories/GHSA-m755-gxxg-r5qh
- https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/21dfa78609ffd8b6bd8143805678ebbacae5141a
- https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/aeaf2cdc80dff60815e3706af448f086ddc3b98d

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