# CVE-2023-28718: CVE-2023-28718

> Attackers can force logged-in users to perform administrative actions via malicious websites due to missing request verification in the Osprey Pump Controller.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h56j-23jq-w46f

## What is CVE-2023-28718?

CVE-2023-28718 is a high-severity vulnerability in ProPump and Controls, Inc. Osprey Pump Controller, published on 28 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Osprey Pump Controller version 1.01 allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any checks to verify the requests. This may allow an attacker to perform certain actions with administrative privileges if a logged-in user visits a malicious website.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28718?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Propumpservice Osprey Pump Controller Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28718?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ProPump and Controls, Inc. Osprey Pump Controller

- [CVE-2023-27394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27394/): CVE-2023-27394 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-27886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27886/): CVE-2023-27886 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28398/): CVE-2023-28398 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28654/): CVE-2023-28654 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28395/): CVE-2023-28395 (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28718 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28718 is a high-severity vulnerability in ProPump and Controls, Inc. Osprey Pump Controller, published on 28 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ProPump and Controls, Inc. Osprey Pump Controller. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28718/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28718
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28718
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28718

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28718/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.