CVE-2023-4612 (GCVE-0-2023-4612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-09 13:41 – Updated: 2025-02-26 21:25
VLAI
Title
MFA bypass in Apereo CAS
Summary
Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apereo CAS in jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest.getRemoteAddr method allows Multi-Factor Authentication bypass.This issue affects CAS: through 7.0.0-RC7. It is unknown whether in new versions the issue will be fixed. For the date of publication there is no patch, and the vendor does not treat it as a vulnerability.
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: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2023-11-17 19:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-302 - Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
Assigner
CERT-PL CNA under the ENISA root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 222 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apereo Foundation CAS Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.0.0-RC7 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-11-09 14:00
Credits
Maksym Brzęczek (efigo.pl)
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