{"cve":"CVE-2023-25621","nvd":{"published":"2023-02-23T09:15:10.023","modified":"2026-06-17T05:41:38.160","status":"Modified","description":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Sling.\nAny content author is able to create i18n dictionaries in the repository in a location the author has write access to. As these translations are used across the whole product, it allows an author to change any text or dialog in the product. For example an attacker might fool someone by changing the text on a delete button to \"Info\".\nThis issue affects the i18n module of Apache Sling up to version 2.5.18. Version 2.6.2 and higher limit by default i18m dictionaries to certain paths in the repository (/libs and /apps).\n\nUsers of the module are advised to update to version 2.6.2 or higher, check the configuration for resource loading and then adjust the access permissions for the configured path accordingly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://sling.apache.org/news.html","https://sling.apache.org/news.html"],"products":["apache:sling_i18n"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:41.955480748+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-25621","score":0.01148,"percentile":0.66818,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-mrpv-5pmr-p92h","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mrpv-5pmr-p92h","summary":"Improper Privilege Management in Apache Sling","modified":"2023-11-08T04:11:52.794751Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.i18n","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.sling/org.apache.sling.i18n","ranges":["<2.6.2"],"fixed":["2.6.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}