CVE-2023-4588 (GCVE-0-2023-4588)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-06 11:43 – Updated: 2024-09-06 14:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
File accessibility vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server
Summary
File accessibility vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server, in its v10.9.000002 and v11.4.000002 versions. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated user with administrative privileges to create a backup file in the application's webroot directory, changing the default backup directory to the wwwroot folder, and download it with some configuration files such as encryption.config/ and database.config stored in the wwwroot directory, exposing the database credentials in plain text.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-06 14:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delinea | Secret Server |
Affected:
v10.9.000002
Affected: v11.4.000002 |
guessed |
Date Public
2023-09-06 10:00
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