Actively exploited · Published Nov 15, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-48365
Critical 9.6 Exploited Ransomware
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Sense from Qlik. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 13, 2025). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 47.7% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 3, 2025.
Official description
Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683. Due to improper validation of HTTP headers, a remote attacker is able to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests, allowing them to execute HTTP requests on the backend server that hosts the repository application. The fixed versions are August 2023 Patch 2, May 2023 Patch 6, February 2023 Patch 10, November 2022 Patch 12, August 2022 Patch 14, May 2022 Patch 16, February 2022 Patch 15, and November 2021 Patch 17. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-41265.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-444 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N