CVE-2023-3253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated,
low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users
available in the application.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00206.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43929	An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.

Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus 10.6.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal ( https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus ).

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29

History

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-08-29T19:08:29.434Z

Updated: 2024-10-28T18:59:10.910Z

Reserved: 2023-06-14T20:11:38.602Z

Link: CVE-2023-3253

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.194Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-29T20:15:10.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:16:48.353

Link: CVE-2023-3253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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