CVE-2023-54412 — Frappe before 13

Frappe before 13.46.3 and 14.x before 14.21.1 contains an improper access control vulnerability in Email Template permissions that allows any authenticated non-guest user to create and edit any Email Template. Attackers with low-privileged accounts, including self-registered user

01What is this vulnerability?

Frappe before 13.46.3 and 14.x before 14.21.1 contains an improper access control vulnerability in Email Template permissions that allows any authenticated non-guest user to create and edit any Email Template. Attackers with low-privileged accounts, including self-registered users when signup is enabled, can modify Email Templates used by the application.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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: 2026-10-12T23:17:17.953
• Last modified: 2026-10-14T12:17:16.910

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/frappe/frappe/security/advisories/GHSA-f939-v9q6-j3wg
• www.vulncheck.com — https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frappe-before-13.46.3-improper-access-contr…