CVE-2023-0298 — Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository firefly-iii/firefly-iii prior to 5

Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository firefly-iii/firefly-iii prior to 5.8.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

Incorrect Authorization in GitHub repository firefly-iii/firefly-iii prior to 5.8.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
firefly-iii	firefly	iii/firefly-iii — unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-07T18:41:21.353Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/9689052c-c1d7-4aae-aa08-346c9b6e04ed
• github.com — https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/commit/db0500dcf0d4f1990fc7a377ef0d56…