CVE-2023-36809
Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system allows users to upload attachments to test plans, test cases, etc.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system allows users to upload attachments to test plans, test cases, etc. Versions of Kiwi TCMS prior to 12.5 had introduced changes which were meant to serve all uploaded files as plain text in order to prevent browsers from executing potentially dangerous files when such files are accessed directly. The previous Nginx configuration was incorrect allowing certain browsers like Firefox to ignore the `Content-Type: text/plain` header on some occasions thus allowing potentially dangerous scripts to be executed. Additionally, file upload validators and parts of the HTML rendering code had been found to require additional sanitation and improvements. Version 12.5 fixes this vulnerability with updated Nginx content type configuration, improved file upload validation code to prevent more potentially dangerous uploads, and Sanitization of test plan names used in the `tree_view_html()` function.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-434
- Affected
- kiwitcms/kiwi tcms
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-jpgw-2r9m-8qfwVendor Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/511489dd-ba38-4806-9029-b28ab2830aa8/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/c6eeb346-fa99-4d41-bc40-b68f8d689223/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/07/04/kiwi-tcms-125/Release Notes
- https://www.github.com/kiwitcms/kiwi/commit/195ea53eaaf360c19227c864cc0fe58910032c3cPatch
- https://www.github.com/kiwitcms/kiwi/commit/ffb00450be52fe11a82a2507632c2328cae4ec9dPatch
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-jpgw-2r9m-8qfwVendor Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/511489dd-ba38-4806-9029-b28ab2830aa8/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/c6eeb346-fa99-4d41-bc40-b68f8d689223/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/07/04/kiwi-tcms-125/Release Notes
- https://www.github.com/kiwitcms/kiwi/commit/195ea53eaaf360c19227c864cc0fe58910032c3cPatch
- https://www.github.com/kiwitcms/kiwi/commit/ffb00450be52fe11a82a2507632c2328cae4ec9dPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.