CVE-2023-50168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pega Platform from 6.x to 8.8.4 is affected by an XXE issue with PDF Generation.

Published: 2024-03-14

Score: 7.7 High

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

Pegasystems

Pega Platform

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.x`	affected	< 8.8.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pega:pega_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-54993	Pega Platform from 6.x to 8.8.4 is affected by an XXE issue with PDF Generation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00141.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.pega.com/support-doc/pega-security-advisory-a24-vulnerability-remediation-note

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Pega Pega pega Platform
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:pega:pega_platform::::::::
Vendors & Products		Pega Pega pega Platform

Subscriptions

Pega Pega Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Pega

Published: 2024-03-14T15:40:23.961Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:09:49.636Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T13:30:07.891Z

Link: CVE-2023-50168

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:09:49.636Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-14T16:15:49.863

Modified: 2025-03-10T15:10:00.520

Link: CVE-2023-50168

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-611

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