Critical severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-37283
Authentication Bypass via HTML Form & Identifier First Adapter
9.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Under a very specific and highly unrecommended configuration, authentication bypass is possible in the PingFederate Identifier First Adapter
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
PingFederate · Ping Identity
11.3 through 11.3.0; 11.2.0 through 11.2.6; 11.1.0 through 11.1.7; 10.3.0 through 10.3.12 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37283
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37283
Release Notes
https://docs.pingidentity.com/r/en-us/pingfederate-113/gyk1689105783244
Product
https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
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