# CVE-2023-33293: Information disclosure in n/a

> An attacker can determine installed apps and read manifest details via the local API daemon in KaiOS, exposing application metadata.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2023
- **Updated:** 21 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8m7-c746-qxp6

## What is CVE-2023-33293?

CVE-2023-33293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. The binary /system/kaios/api-daemon exposes a local web server on *.localhost with subdomains for each installed applications, e.g., myapp.localhost. An attacker can make fetch requests to api-deamon to determine if a given app is installed and read the manifest.webmanifest contents, including the app version.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33293?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kaiostech Kaios.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-33293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-33293 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-33293 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-33294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33294/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-7386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7386/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-14756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14756/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-14757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14757/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-14758](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14758/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-33293 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-33293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-33293 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-33293/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33293/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33293
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33293
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33293

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33293/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.