CVE•Published 2023-06-13•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-31541Ckeditor · Ckeditor
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
76
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 24% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A unrestricted file upload vulnerability was discovered in the ‘Browse and upload images’ feature of the CKEditor v1.2.3 plugin for Redmine, which allows arbitrary files to be uploaded to the server.
Timeline
Published 2023-06-13
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-31541Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Ckeditor Ckeditor" version:"1.2.3"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ckeditor"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ckeditor" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-31541Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-31541Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-31541Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-31541GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-31541" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2023-315412 repos