Multiple vulnerabilities in Axway API Gateway and API Manager
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 11 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-1471 CVE-2021-23450 CVE-2023-1436 CVE-2023-1370 CVE-2023-29199 CVE-2023-29017 CVE-2022-25881 CVE-2023-0464 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-276 CWE-20 CWE-502 CWE-94 CWE-674 CWE-913 CWE-407 CWE-400 CWE-200 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit |
Public exploit code for vulnerability #3 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #7 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #8 is available. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
API Gateway Server applications / Application servers API Manager Web applications / Other software |
| Vendor | Axway |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 11 vulnerabilities.
1) Incorrect default permissions
EUVDB-ID: #VU77043
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect default permissions for the apigw-backup-tool.ini file that stores passwords in clear text. A local user with access to the system can view contents of the file and obtain access credentials.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU77044
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing application name. A remote user inject a clickable link into the application name in the monitoring view and tr4ick the victim into visiting a malicious website.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EUVDB-ID: #VU70385
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1471
CWE-ID:
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the SnakeYaml's Constructor() class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted yaml content to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
4) Code Injection
EUVDB-ID: #VU60834
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23450
CWE-ID:
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary script code via the setObject function.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
5) Uncontrolled Recursion
EUVDB-ID: #VU75431
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1436
CWE-ID:
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
6) Uncontrolled Recursion
EUVDB-ID: #VU75044
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1370
CWE-ID:
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing nested arrays and objects. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
7) Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
EUVDB-ID: #VU75366
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 8.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29199
CWE-ID:
CWE-913 - Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the source code transformer. A remote user can bypass handleException() and leak unsanitized host exceptions. The obtain information can be used to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code in host context.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
8) Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
EUVDB-ID: #VU74606
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29017
CWE-ID:
CWE-913 - Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escape sandbox restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of host objects passed to "Error.prepareStackTrace" in case of unhandled async errors. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, escape sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary code on the host.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
9) Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
EUVDB-ID: #VU72750
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25881
CWE-ID:
CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to regular expression denial of service that occurs when the server reads the cache policy from the request using this library. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send malicious request header values to the server and perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
10) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU73960
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0464
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when verifying X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted certificate to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
11) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU77045
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the REST API "/config" endpoint. A remote attacker can obtain OS and architecture type.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsAPI Gateway: April 2019 - September 2020
API Manager: April 2019 - September 2020
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
