CVE-2023-28850 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pimcore/perspective-editor. 2 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for pimcore/perspective-editor — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Pimcore Perspective Editor vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in perspective name
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-28850.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
pimcore/perspective-editorReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Pimcore Perspective Editor provides an editor for Pimcore that allows users to add/remove/edit custom views and perspectives. This vulnerability has the potential to steal a user's cookie and gain unauthorized access to that user's account through the stolen cookie or redirect users to other malicious sites. Version 1.5.1 has a patch. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | pimcore/perspective-editor | all versions | 1.5.1composer require pimcore/perspective-editor:^1.5.1 |
Affected Products
perspective editorpimcoreResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for pimcore/perspective-editor, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update pimcore/perspective-editor to 1.5.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-28850 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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