CVE-2023-23917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in Rocket.Chat server <5.2.0 that could allow an attacker to a RCE under the admin account. Any user can create their own server in your cloud and become an admin so this vulnerability could affect the cloud infrastructure. This attack vector also may increase the impact of XSS to RCE which is dangerous for self-hosted users as well.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00404.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Rocket.chat	Rocket.chat

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rocket.chat:rocket.chat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27999	A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in Rocket.Chat server <5.2.0 that could allow an attacker to a RCE under the admin account. Any user can create their own server in your cloud and become an admin so this vulnerability could affect the cloud infrastructure. This attack vector also may increase the impact of XSS to RCE which is dangerous for self-hosted users as well.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/1631258

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T17:56:37.878Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23917

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:27.103Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-23T20:15:13.847

Modified: 2025-03-12T18:15:24.780

Link: CVE-2023-23917

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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