Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-42455Wazuh vulnerable to user privilege escalation

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in wazuh-kibana-app from wazuh. 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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
wazuh	wazuh-kibana-app	>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.2

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-kibana-app/security/advisories/GHSA-8w7x-52r7-qvjf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard-plugins/issues/5427 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-kibana-app/pull/5428 x_refsource_MISC