Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Apex Central - CVE-2023-52331
Published: January 9, 2024 / Updated: January 12, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85317
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52331
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the modVulnerabilityProtect module. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Apex Central
How to mitigate CVE-2023-52331
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apex Central - update to 2019 Patch 8 b6658