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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2023· Updated Sep 25, 2024

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in usememos/memos

CVE-2023-5036

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository usememos/memos prior to 0.15.1.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

A CSRF vulnerability in usememos/memos before 0.15.1 allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions via crafted requests.

Vulnerability

Description

CVE-2023-5036 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the usememos/memos project prior to version 0.15.1. The root cause is the lack of CSRF token validation on sensitive endpoints, such as the getimage endpoint, allowing an attacker to forge requests on behalf of an authenticated user [1][4].

Attack

Vector

An attacker can exploit this by tricking an authenticated user into clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted webpage that triggers a request to the vulnerable memos instance. The request is automatically authenticated via the user's session cookies, enabling the attacker to perform unintended actions without the user's knowledge [2][4].

Impact

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to perform actions on behalf of the victim user, such as creating, modifying, or deleting notes and other resources within the memos application. This can lead to data integrity loss and potential further compromise [2].

Mitigation

The issue has been addressed in memos version 0.15.1 by implementing proper CSRF token validation. Users are advised to upgrade immediately to protect against this vulnerability [1][2].

References
  1. fix: content sanitization in getimage endpoint (#2241) · usememos/memos@97b4347
  2. NVD - CVE-2023-5036
  3. The world’s first bug bounty platform for AI/ML

AI Insight generated on May 20, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/usememos/memosGo
< 0.15.10.15.1

Affected products

2

Patches

1
97b434722cf0

fix: content sanitization in getimage endpoint (#2241)

https://github.com/usememos/memosvictorschSep 18, 2023via ghsa
commit
4 files changed · +36 −12
  • .gitignore+1 −0 modified
    @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ tmp
 
 # Frontend asset
 web/dist
+server/dist
 
 # build folder
 build
  • go.mod+7 −4 modified
    @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.2
 	github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.15.0
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.1
+	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
@@ -23,10 +24,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/swaggo/swag v1.16.1
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.5.4
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230111222715-75897c7a292a
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230726155614-23370e0ffb3e
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0
@@ -36,13 +37,15 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/KyleBanks/depth v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr/v4 v4.0.0-20230305170008-8188dc5388df // indirect
+	github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/desertbit/timer v0.0.0-20180107155436-c41aec40b27f // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.20.9 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.7 // indirect
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
  • go.sum+14 −8 modified
    @@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.18.3 h1:s49mSnsBZEXjfGBkRfmK+nPqzT7L
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.18.3/go.mod h1:b+psTJn33Q4qGoDaM7ZiOVVG8uVjGI6HaZ8WBHdgDgU=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.13.5 h1:hgz0X/DX0dGqTYpGALqXJoRKRj5oQ7150i5FdTePzO8=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.13.5/go.mod h1:Tg+OJXh4MB2R/uN61Ko2f6hTZwB/ZYGOtib8J3gBHzA=
+github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 h1:Mv+mAeH1Q+n9Fr+oyamOlAkUNPWPlA8PPGR0QAaYuPk=
+github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0/go.mod h1:wlT5vV2O3h55X9m7iVYN0TBM0NH/MmbLnd30/FjWUq4=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
@@ -287,6 +289,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5m
 github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go-testing v0.0.0-20200911160855-bcd43fbb19e8/go.mod h1:dvDLG8qkwmyD9a/MJJN3XJcT3xFxOKAvTZGvuZmac9g=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1/go.mod h1:kBGZzfjB9CEq2AlWe17Uuf7NDRt0dE0s8S51q0aT7Yg=
+github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 h1:BQqNyPTi50JCFMTw/b67hByjMVXZRwGha6wxVGkeihY=
+github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dn721qIggHpt4+EFCcTLTU/vk5ySda2ReITrtgBl60c=
 github.com/gorilla/feeds v1.1.1 h1:HwKXxqzcRNg9to+BbvJog4+f3s/xzvtZXICcQGutYfY=
 github.com/gorilla/feeds v1.1.1/go.mod h1:Nk0jZrvPFZX1OBe5NPiddPw7CfwF6Q9eqzaBbaightA=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
@@ -403,6 +407,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.2/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzp
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16 h1:yOQRA0RpS5PFz/oikGwBEqvAWhWg5ufRz4ETLjwpU1Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16/go.mod h1:2eHXhiwb8IkHr+BDWZGa96P6+rkvnG63S2DGjv9HUNg=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25 h1:4NEwSfiJ+Wva0VxN5B8OwMicaJvD8r9tlJWm9rtloEg=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25/go.mod h1:ZIOjCQp1OrzBBPIJmfX4qDYFuhU02nx4bn030ixfHLE=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3Nrg=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
@@ -610,8 +616,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211108221036-ceb1ce70b4fa/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0 h1:tFM/ta59kqch6LlvYnPa0yx5a83cL2nHflFhYKvv9Yk=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0/go.mod h1:NF0Gs7EO5K4qLn+Ylc+fih8BSTeIjAP05siRnAh98yw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 h1:mvySKfSWJ+UKUii46M40LOvyWfN0s2U+46/jDd0e6Ck=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -698,8 +704,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 h1:BONx9s002vGdD9umnlX1Po8vOZmrgH34qlHcD1MfK14=
-golang.org/x/net v0.14.0/go.mod h1:PpSgVXXLK0OxS0F31C1/tv6XNguvCrnXIDrFMspZIUI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.15.0 h1:ugBLEUaxABaB5AJqW9enI0ACdci2RUd4eP51NTBvuJ8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -786,8 +792,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220908164124-27713097b956/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 h1:eG7RXZHdqOJ1i+0lgLgCpSXAp6M3LYlAo6osgSi0xOM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -801,8 +807,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.12.0 h1:k+n5B8goJNdU7hSvEtMUz3d1Q6D/XW4COJSJR6fN0mc=
-golang.org/x/text v0.12.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 h1:ablQoSUd0tRdKxZewP80B+BaqeKJuVhuRxj/dkrun3k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20180412165947-fbb02b2291d2/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
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  • plugin/http-getter/image.go+14 −0 modified
    @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 )
 
 type Image struct {
@@ -37,9 +39,21 @@ func GetImage(urlStr string) (*Image, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	bodyBytes, err = SanitizeContent(bodyBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	image := &Image{
 		Blob:      bodyBytes,
 		Mediatype: mediatype,
 	}
 	return image, nil
 }
+
+func SanitizeContent(content []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	bodyString := string(content)
+
+	bm := bluemonday.UGCPolicy()
+	return []byte(bm.Sanitize(bodyString)), nil
+}

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