What is CVE-2022-23685?

CVE-2022-23685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-23685?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager

CVE-2022-23685

A vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface exists which exposes some endpoints to a lack of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection. This could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary input against these endpoints if the attacker can convince an authenticated user of the interface to interact with a specially crafted URL in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below; 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager that address this security vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Arubanetworks Clearpass_policy_manager
N/a Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager — versions 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below, 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

security-alert@hpe.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23685?: CVE-2022-23685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-23685?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.