Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-42455 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Wazuh Wazuh-Dashboard and Wazuh-Kibana-App

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
wazuh
CWE-639
NVD
Published: 2023-10-09
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wazuh
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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