# CVE-2023-46404: PCRS \<= 3.11 (d0de1e) “Questions” page and “Code editor” page are vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) by escaping Python sandboxing.

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-11-03 · Updated: 2024-09-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PCRS <= 3.11 (d0de1e) “Questions” page and “Code editor” page are vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) by escaping Python sandboxing.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bitbucket.org/utmandrew/pcrs/commits/5f18bcbb383b7d73f7a8b399cc52b23597d752ae
- https://github.com/windecks/CVE-2023-46404

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