Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-4991NextBX QWAlerter QWAlerter.exe unquoted search path

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in QWAlerter from NextBX. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in NextBX QWAlerter 4.50. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file QWAlerter.exe. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-239804. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NextBX	QWAlerter	4.50

Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.239804 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.239804 signature