CVE-2023-48705 — Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.6 or 2.0.5 are potentially affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Due to incorrect usage of Django's `mark_safe()` API

01What is this vulnerability?

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.6 or 2.0.5 are potentially affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Due to incorrect usage of Django's `mark_safe()` API when rendering certain types of user-authored content; including custom links, job buttons, and computed fields; it is…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
nautobot	nautobot	< 1.6.6, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.5

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: 2023-11-22T15:15:06.189Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T21:37:54.639Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-cf9f-wmhp-v4pr
• github.com — https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4832
• github.com — https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4833
• github.com — https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/362850f5a94689a4c75e3188bf6de826c3b0…
• github.com — https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/54abe23331b6c3d0d82bf1b028c679b1d200…
• docs.djangoproject.com — https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/utils/#django.utils.html.format_html
• docs.djangoproject.com — https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/utils/#django.utils.safestring.mark_sa…