# CVE-2023-41878: Weak password of selenium VNC in MeterSphere

> Attackers can exploit a default weak password in the Selenium VNC configuration to gain high-level access and potentially execute code.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 26 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-88vv-6rm4-59h9

## What is CVE-2023-41878?

CVE-2023-41878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in metersphere, published on 26 Sep 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

MeterSphere is a one-stop open source continuous testing platform, covering functions such as test tracking, interface testing, UI testing and performance testing. The Selenium VNC config used in Metersphere is using a weak password by default, attackers can login to vnc and obtain high permissions. This issue has been addressed in version 2.10.7 LTS. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41878?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metersphere Metersphere.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41878?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41878 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41878 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in metersphere

- [CVE-2023-29944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29944/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45790/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45788](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45788/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25573/): Improper access control to download file in metersphere (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-23512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23512/): Metersphere is vulnerable to Path Injection. (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41878 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in metersphere, published on 26 Sep 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-2023-41878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: metersphere. 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-2023-41878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41878/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41878
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41878
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41878

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41878/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.