Medium

Goobi viewer Core has Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in User Comments

  • Disclosed: 07.04.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

Impact

A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the user comment feature of Goobi viewer core. An attacker could create a specially crafted comment, resulting in the execution of malicious script code in the user's browser when displaying the comment.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 23.03

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) io.goobi.viewer:viewer-core < 23.03 23.03

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
io.goobi.viewer:viewer-core
Disclosed
07.04.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-622w-995c-3c3h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: io.goobi.viewer:viewer-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
4
First → latest
04.2023 05.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 3
  2. 2024: 0
  3. 2025: 0
  4. 2026: 1
  1. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-45083 >= 4.8.0, <= 26.04 no fix
  2. Goobi viewer Core has Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in User Comments this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-29015 < 23.03 23.03

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