What is CVE-2023-38872?

CVE-2023-38872 is a low-severity vulnerability in Economizzer, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2023-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-38872?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Economizzer

CVE-2023-38872

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in gugoan Economizzer commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 allows any unauthenticated attacker to access cash book entry attachments of any other user, if they know the Id of the attachment.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2023-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Economizzer — versions 0.9, april_2023

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

github.com/gugoan/economizzer (Product)
www.economizzer.org (Product)
github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38872 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38872?: CVE-2023-38872 is a low-severity vulnerability in Economizzer, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2023-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-38872?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.