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CVE-2023-45303

ThingsBoard before 3.5 allows Server-Side Template Injection if users are allowed to modify an email template, because Apache FreeMarker supports freemarker.template.utility.Execute (for content sent to the /api/admin/settings endpoint).

Published: Oct 6, 2023
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2023-45303
GHSA: GHSA-6pgr-j9v4-xfvv
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 8.4
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-74

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
thingsboard / thingsboard	-	3.5
org.thingsboard / thingsboard	-	3.5

https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/api/freemarker/template/utility/Execute.html
https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2023-0010
https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2023-0010/

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