VDB-221996 · CVE-2023-27292 · EUVD-2023-31070

OpenCATS Template injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in OpenCATS. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Template Handler. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-27292. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenCATS (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An open redirect vulnerability exposes OpenCATS to template injection due to improper validation of user-supplied GET parameters.

The weakness was released 02/28/2023. The advisory is shared for download at tenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-27292 since 02/27/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31070). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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OpenCATS

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2023 🔍
02/28/2023 +1 days 🔍
02/28/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2025 +992 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-27292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-27292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221996
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2023 20:56
Updated: 11/16/2025 20:44
Changes: 02/28/2023 20:56 (13), 02/28/2023 20:57 (23), 03/26/2023 12:50 (9), 11/16/2025 20:44 (16)
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