CVE-2023-6522 Information Disclosure in ExtremePacs's Extreme XDS
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6522 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-6522 is a high-severity vulnerability in ExtremePacs Extreme XDS, published on 5 Apr 2024. 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-2023-6522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: ExtremePacs Extreme XDS. 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-2023-6522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6522/index.md)
An attacker can collect data provided by users due to incorrect use of privileged APIs in Extreme XDS.
- 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-2023-6522?
CVE-2023-6522 is a high-severity vulnerability in ExtremePacs Extreme XDS, published on 5 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in ExtremePacs Extreme XDS allows Collect Data as Provided by Users.
This issue affects Extreme XDS: before 3914.
Weakness: CWE-648
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6522?
How do I fix CVE-2023-6522?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-6522 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4965-8838-r53x.