What is CVE-2023-41261?

CVE-2023-41261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plixer Scrutinizer, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-41261?

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

Auth bypass in Plixer Scrutinizer

CVE-2023-41261

An issue was discovered in /fcgi/scrut_fcgi.fcgi in Plixer Scrutinizer before 19.3.1. The csvExportReport endpoint action generateCSV does not require authentication and allows an unauthenticated user to export a report and access the results.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Plixer Scrutinizer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41261?: CVE-2023-41261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plixer Scrutinizer, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-41261?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.