Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2023 · Assigned by Proofpoint
CVE-2023-0090Proofpoint Enterprise Protection webservices unauthenticated RCE
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in enterprise_protection from proofpoint. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The webservices in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/POD) contain a vulnerability that allows for an anonymous user to execute remote code through 'eval injection'. Exploitation requires network access to the webservices API, but such access is a non-standard configuration. This affects all versions 8.20.0 and below.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| proofpoint | enterprise_protection | 8.* – through 8.20.0 |
Weakness: CWE-95 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H