CVE-2023-38997

Public Exploit

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.52%
Third-Party Advisory logicaltrust.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/448762d440b51574f1906c0ec2f5ea6dc4f16eb2 patch
https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2023/08/opnsense.html third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-38997?
CVE-2023-38997 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-38997?
To fix CVE-2023-38997, 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-2023-38997 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-38997 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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