CVE-2023-0476 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A LDAP injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could generate data in Active Directory using the application account through blind LDAP injection.

Published: 2023-01-25

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Tenable.sc

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Tenable.sc versions 5.23.1 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12528	A LDAP injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could generate data in Active Directory using the application account through blind LDAP injection.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00546.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-03

History

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tenable Tenable.sc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-01T14:58:52.164Z

Reserved: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0476

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.348Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:18:09.727

Modified: 2025-04-01T15:15:58.053

Link: CVE-2023-0476

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-74

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