# CVE-2023-4677: Unauthenticated Admin Account Takeover Via Cron Log File Backups

> Attackers can scrape cron log backups to steal admin session IDs and take over the Pandora FMS console without authentication.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2023-4319, GHSA-668m-jr2r-pqfp

## What is CVE-2023-4677?

CVE-2023-4677 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cron log backup files contain administrator session IDs. It is trivial for any attacker who can reach the Pandora FMS Console to scrape the cron logs directory for cron log backups. The contents of these log files can then be abused to authenticate to the application as an administrator. This issue affects Pandora FMS <= 772.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4677?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Artica Pandora Fms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4677?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2020-26518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26518/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11221/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4677 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4677 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artica Pandora Fms. 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-2023-4677/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4677/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4677
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4677
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4677

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4677/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.