What is CVE-2023-52949?

CVE-2023-52949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup For Business Agent, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-52949?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-52949 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Synology Active Backup For Business Agent

CVE-2023-52949

Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in proxy settings functionality in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent before 2.7.0-3221 allows local users to obtain user credential via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.001 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Synology Active Backup For Business Agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Synology-SA-24:11 Synology Active Backup for Business Agent (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52949?: CVE-2023-52949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synology Active Backup For Business Agent, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-52949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-52949 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.