CVE-2023-52251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/{topic}/messages.

Published: 2024-01-25

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 94.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:provectus:ui:*:*:*:*:*:kafka:*:*

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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 Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.94014.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html
https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC

History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Provectus Ui

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T15:13:39.564Z

Reserved: 2023-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-52251

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:55:41.570Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-25T21:15:08.787

Modified: 2025-06-17T16:15:29.260

Link: CVE-2023-52251

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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