CVE-2023-49117

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

PowerCMS (6 Series, 5 Series, and 4 Series) contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary script may be executed on a logged-in user's web browser. Note that all versions of PowerCMS 3 Series and earlier which are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) are also affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products

Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS: before 4.55; from 5.0 before 5.25; from 6.0 through 6.31 — fixed in 4.55, 5.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS 4.55, 5.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN32646742/
https://www.powercms.jp/news/release-powercms-202312.html
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN32646742/
https://www.powercms.jp/news/release-powercms-202312.html

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