CVE-2023-47256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ConnectWise ScreenConnect through 23.8.4 allows local users to connect to arbitrary relay servers via implicit trust of proxy settings

Published: 2024-02-01

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:connectwise:automate:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:connectwise:screenconnect::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00049.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://web.archive.org/web/20240208140218/https://gotham-security.com/screenconnect-cve-2023-47256
https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/connectwise-screenconnect-23.8-security-fix

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Connectwise Automate Screenconnect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T16:16:50.199Z

Reserved: 2023-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-47256

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:09:35.899Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-01T22:15:55.103

Modified: 2025-06-17T17:15:33.057

Link: CVE-2023-47256

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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