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CVE-2023-50969 (GCVE-0-2023-50969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-13 15:46
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Summary
Thales Imperva SecureSphere WAF 14.7.0.40 allows remote attackers to bypass WAF rules via a crafted POST request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-45468.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-29 16:06 UTC
CWE
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
imperva securesphere_web_application_firewall Affected: 14.7.0.40
    cpe:2.3:a:imperva:securesphere_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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