CVE-2023-42455 Wazuh vulnerable to user privilege escalation

High 8.8 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-42455?

CVE-2023-42455 is a high-severity vulnerability in wazuh-kibana-app, published on 9 Oct 2023.

Official description

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42455?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Wazuh Wazuh-Dashboard, Wazuh Wazuh-Kibana-App.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-42455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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