CVE-2023-33961 — Leantime is a lean open source project management system

Leantime is a lean open source project management system. Starting in version 2.3.21, an authenticated user with commenting privileges can inject malicious Javascript into a comment. Once the malicious comment is loaded in the browser by a user, the malicious Javascript code exec

01What is this vulnerability?

Leantime is a lean open source project management system. Starting in version 2.3.21, an authenticated user with commenting privileges can inject malicious Javascript into a comment. Once the malicious comment is loaded in the browser by a user, the malicious Javascript code executes. As of time of publication, a patch does not exist.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Leantime	leantime	=> 2.3.21

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: 2023-05-30T21:34:00.659Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-10T16:49:49.901Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Leantime/leantime/security/advisories/GHSA-359m-fp6q-65r7