CVE-2023-46480 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue in OwnCast v.0.1.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information via the authHost parameter of the indieauth function.

Published: 2023-11-27

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:owncast_project:owncast:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-2857	An issue in OwnCast v.0.1.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information via the authHost parameter of the indieauth function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-392h-r46j-q24p	OwnCast remote code execution vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01543.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/owncast/owncast
https://github.com/shahzaibak96/CVE-2023-46480

History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Owncast Project Owncast

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-05T14:09:27.565Z

Reserved: 2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46480

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:41.984Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-27T23:15:07.567

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:34.370

Link: CVE-2023-46480

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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