Medium severity · published Aug 29, 2023
CVE-2023-41266
Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
6.5
CVSS
84.8%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
A path traversal vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7 and earlier, November 2022 Patch 10 and earlier, and August 2022 Patch 12 and earlier allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to generate an anonymous session. This allows them to transmit HTTP requests to unauthorized endpoints. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)84.8% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Dec 7, 2023
Federal remediation dueDec 28, 2023
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
QS
Qlik Sense · Qlik
august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; +30 more · source: NVD, CISA, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41266
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41266
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
community.qlik.com
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes
community.qlik.com
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801
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