CVE-2023-22278 Auth bypass in m-FILTER Ver.5 Series and Ver.4 Series

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication to send unintended emails under specific conditions, affecting m-FILTER email security gateways.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-22278?

CVE-2023-22278 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Digital Arts Inc. m-FILTER Ver.5 Series and Ver.4 Series, published on 17 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

m-FILTER prior to Ver.5.70R01 (Ver.5 Series) and m-FILTER prior to Ver.4.87R04 (Ver.4 Series) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and send users' unintended email when email is being sent under the certain conditions. The attacks exploiting this vulnerability have been observed.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22278?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Daj M-Filter.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-22278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-722g-wg5c-74m2.

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