CVE-2023-38880

Description

The Community Edition version 9.0 of OS4ED's openSIS Classic has a broken access control vulnerability in the database backup functionality. Whenever an admin generates a database backup, the backup is stored in the web root while the file name has a format of "opensisBackup<date>.sql" (e.g. "opensisBackup07-20-2023.sql"), i.e. can easily be guessed. This file can be accessed by any unauthenticated actor and contains a dump of the whole database including password hashes.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.1 •

EPSS 0.14%

Third-Party Advisory github.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/OS4ED/openSIS-Classic	product
https://www.os4ed.com/	product
https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38880	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-38880?: CVE-2023-38880 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-38880?: To fix CVE-2023-38880, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-38880 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-38880 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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