CVE-2023-26042 — Part-DB is an open source inventory management system for your electronic compon

Part-DB is an open source inventory management system for your electronic components. User input was found not being properly escaped, which allowed malicious users to inject arbitrary HTML into the pages. The Content-Security-Policy forbids inline and external scripts so it is n

01What is this vulnerability?

Part-DB is an open source inventory management system for your electronic components. User input was found not being properly escaped, which allowed malicious users to inject arbitrary HTML into the pages. The Content-Security-Policy forbids inline and external scripts so it is not possible to execute JavaScript code, unless in combination with other vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Part-DB	Part	DB-server — < 1.0.2

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: 2023-02-27T14:41:24.145Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-10T17:48:28.160Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmh-gmxx-rg2…
• github.com — https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/pull/227
• github.com — https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/commit/5b7f44f4eaacad8a79bcedec32780e0…
• github.com — https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/releases/tag/v1.0.2