ArchiveBox: Viewing wget extractor output while logged in as an admin allows archived JS to execute in the admins context

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-45815
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-19 22:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-07-07 14:16:26 UTC
DescriptionArchiveBox is an open source self-hosted web archiving system. Any users who are using the `wget` extractor and view the content it outputs. The impact is potentially severe if you are logged in to the ArchiveBox admin site in the same browser session and view an archived malicious page designed to target your ArchiveBox instance. Malicious Javascript could potentially act using your logged-in admin credentials and add/remove/modify snapshots, add/remove/modify ArchiveBox users, and generally do anything an admin user could do. The impact is less severe for non-logged-in users, as malicious Javascript cannot *modify* any archives, but it can still *read* all the other archived content by fetching the snapshot index and iterating through it. Because all of ArchiveBox's archived content is served from the same host and port as the admin panel, when archived pages are viewed the JS executes in the same context as all the other archived pages (and the admin panel), defeating most of the browser's usual CORS/CSRF security protections and leading to this issue. Version 0.9.0 contains a patch. As a mitigation for this issue would be to disable the wget extractor by setting `archivebox config --set SAVE_WGET=False`, ensure you are always logged out, or serve only a [static HTML version](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive#2-export-and-host-it-as-static-html) of your archive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.004220000 probability, percentile 0.340270000 (date 2026-07-07)

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Archivebox Archivebox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA ArchiveBox ArchiveBox affected < 0.9.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration [email protected] github.com
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/commit/a6548df8d0aae1d3d326deb1191b1282... [email protected] github.com
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/pull/1773 [email protected] github.com
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview [email protected] github.com
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox [email protected] github.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery [email protected] en.wikipedia.org
Architecture: Archived JS executes in a context shared with all other archived content (and the admin UI!) · Issue #239 · ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive [email protected] github.com
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/archivebox/PYSEC-2023-... [email protected] github.com
Viewing wget extractor output while logged in as an admin allows malicious archived JS to act on behalf of the admin · Advisory · ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive [email protected] github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995669 Python (Pip) Security Update for archivebox (GHSA-cr45-98w9-gwqx)
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