CVE-2023-5253 Check Point IoT integration: WebSocket returns assets data without authentication in Guardian/CMC before 23.3.0

What is CVE-2023-5253?

CVE-2023-5253 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Nozomi Networks CMC, published on 15 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A missing authentication check in the WebSocket channel used for the Check Point IoT integration in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC, may allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain assets data without authentication.

Malicious unauthenticated users with knowledge on the underlying system may be able to extract limited asset information.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5253?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nozominetworks Cmc, Nozominetworks Guardian.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-5253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nozomi Networks CMC

• CVE-2023-29245 SQL Injection on IDS parsing of malformed asset fields in Guardian/CMC >= 22.6.0 before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0 Critical 9.2
• CVE-2026-31984 DoS through oversized audit log entries in Guardian/CMC before 26.2.0 High 8.7
• CVE-2023-2567 Authenticated SQL Injection on Query functionality in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0 High 8.7
• CVE-2023-22378 Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on sorting in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.2 High 8.7
• CVE-2023-23574 Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on alerts count in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.2 High 8.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-frjw-g5j9-99p6.