VDB-221997 · CVE-2023-27295 · EUVD-2023-31073

OpenCATS POST Request cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenCATS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-27295. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenCATS (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery is facilitated by OpenCATS failure to require CSRF tokens in POST requests. An attacker can exploit this issue by creating a dummy page that executes Javascript in an authenticated user's session when visited.

The weakness was disclosed 02/28/2023. The advisory is shared at tenable.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-27295 since 02/27/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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-2023-31073). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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OpenCATS

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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-2023-27295 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-27295
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221997
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2023 20:57
Updated: 11/16/2025 20:44
Changes: 02/28/2023 20:57 (37), 03/26/2023 12:58 (11), 11/16/2025 20:44 (16)
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