CVE-2023-43052 IBM Control Center external service interaction
Remote attackers can induce server-side requests to arbitrary domains, enabling attacks on internal systems accessible by the server.
- 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-2023-43052?
CVE-2023-43052 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Control Center, published on 7 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 is vulnerable to an external service interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with.
Weakness: CWE-435
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43052?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Control Center.
How do I fix CVE-2023-43052?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2023-43052 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43052 in the wild and no public exploit code.