What is CVE-2023-40788?

CVE-2023-40788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bladex Springblade, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-40788?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bladex Springblade

CVE-2023-40788

SpringBlade <=V3.6.0 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control due to incorrect configuration in the default gateway resulting in unauthorized access to error logs

Published 2023-09-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% 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: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Bladex Springblade

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

github.com/chillzhuang/SpringBlade (Product)
github.com/chillzhuang/SpringBlade/blob/master/blade-gateway/src/main/java/org/… (Exploit)
gist.github.com/kaliwin/89276ec7e97f9529c989bd77706c29c7 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40788?: CVE-2023-40788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bladex Springblade, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-40788?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.