CVE-2023-42455 HIGH

CVE-2023-42455: Wazuh vulnerable to user privilege escalation

Vendor Wazuh

Product wazuh-kibana-app

Weakness CWE-639 · IDOR

Published October 9, 2023

Last update September 19, 2024

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 9, 2023 CVE published

September 19, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42455 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html

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