CVE-2023-1149 — Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements in GitHub repository btcp

Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements in GitHub repository btcpayserver/btcpayserver prior to 1.8.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements in GitHub repository btcpayserver/btcpayserver prior to 1.8.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
btcpayserver	btcpayserver/btcpayserver	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: 2023-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-07T21:41:24.232Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/2e734209-d7b0-4f57-a8be-c65c82208f2f
• github.com — https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/commit/ddb125f45892b4dafdbd5c072af1…