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CVE-2023-23841 (GCVE-0-2023-23841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-12 21:02
VLAI
Title
SolarWinds Serv-U Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
Summary
SolarWinds Serv-U is submitting an HTTP request when changing or updating the attributes for File Share or File request.  Part of the URL of the request discloses sensitive data.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-12 21:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SolarWinds ServU Affected: previous versions , ≤ 15.3.2 (15.4)
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Date Public
2023-05-16 17:00
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