VDB-230021 · CVE-2023-33779 · EUVD-2023-1516

XXL-Job 2.4.1 POST /jobinfo/ privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in XXL-Job 2.4.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /jobinfo/ of the component POST Handler. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-33779. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in XXL-Job 2.4.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file /jobinfo/ of the component POST Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another user's account via a crafted POST request to the component /jobinfo/.

The weakness was released 05/26/2023. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-33779 since 05/22/2023. Technical details are known, but no exploit is 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-2023-1516). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Name

XXL-Job

Version

2.4.1

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/22/2023 🔍
05/26/2023 +4 days 🔍
05/26/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/13/2025 +779 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xxl-job.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-33779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230021
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2023 19:35
Updated: 07/13/2025 21:27
Changes: 05/26/2023 19:35 (35), 06/21/2023 09:14 (1), 06/21/2023 09:18 (11), 07/13/2025 21:27 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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