Vulnerability in Linotp
CVE-2023-49706
Defective request context handling in Self Service in LinOTP 3.x before 3.2.5 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges, thereby allowing them to act as and with the permissions of another user. Attackers must generate repeated API requests to trigger a race condition with concurrent user activity in the self-service portal.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% 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: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.linotp.org/news.html (Vendor Advisory)
- linotp.org/CVE-2023-49706.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- linotp.org/security-update-linotp3-selfservice.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-49706?
- CVE-2023-49706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linotp, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-19.
- How severe is CVE-2023-49706?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.