CVE-2023-41089 (GCVE-0-2023-41089)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-19 18:13 – Updated: 2024-09-12 17:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Authentication in DEXMA DEXGate
Summary
The affected product is vulnerable to an improper authentication vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to impersonate a legitimate user as long as the device keeps the session active, since the attack takes advantage of the cookie header to generate "legitimate" requests.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-12 17:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
1 reference
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