CVE-2023-41265criticalunder attackransomwareCWE-444

CVE-2023-41265

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ssvc Actcvss 9.6epss 88%
from disclosure to weapon1 day
Published on NVDAug 29
1st PoC+1d
CISA KEV+100d
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2023-12-28

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

In short

A flaw in Qlik Sense allows attackers to send specially crafted HTTP requests that bypass security controls and execute commands on the backend server, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data and system functions.

Technical detail

HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability (CWE-444) in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows allows remote attackers to inject raw HTTP requests that are executed by the repository backend server, bypassing authentication and authorization controls. An attacker can exploit this by crafting malicious HTTP requests to elevate privileges and access restricted functionality without requiring valid credentials.

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An HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7 and earlier, November 2022 Patch 10 and earlier, and August 2022 Patch 12 and earlier allows a remote attacker to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests in the raw HTTP request. This allows them to send requests that get executed by the backend server hosting the repository application. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
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