CVE-2023-0572
Froxlor ≤ 2.0.10
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2023-0572 is a medium-severity Unchecked Error Condition (CWE-391) vulnerability in Froxlor Froxlor. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Service Stop (T1489); ranked at the 49th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-0316
Vulnerability Data
Unchecked Error Condition in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.10.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 7 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Ensures audit logging process failures are checked and trigger defined responses instead of remaining unchecked.
Testing IR effectiveness identifies and drives fixes for unchecked error conditions that fail to initiate incident handling.
Mandates ongoing correlation, analysis, and response to monitoring results, reducing unchecked error conditions from control assessments.
Implements detection of unusual or exceptional conditions followed by safe mode entry, reducing the window for exploitation of unchecked conditions.
Training ensures users perform required checks for unusual or exceptional conditions as part of contingency roles, limiting attacker leverage from skipped validations.
Policy enforces checking and handling of error conditions as part of incident response processes.
Formal incident handling procedures enforce checking and acting on error conditions that could indicate security incidents.
Security testing routinely checks for unusual or exceptional inputs/conditions, identifying missing validation steps that flaw remediation then resolves.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices include proper exception and error handling, eliminating the root cause of CWE-391.
Requiring log generation makes ignored error conditions visible to monitoring, directly reducing the weakness impact.
Event analysis can surface consequences of unchecked errors but does not enforce error checking itself.
Runtime monitoring can detect anomalous behavior from ignored errors but does not prevent the coding flaw.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure coding standards directly prohibit ignoring exceptions and unchecked errors.
Security testing can detect missing error handling before deployment.
Logging can record unhandled exceptions but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Monitoring may detect symptoms of unhandled conditions but does not eliminate the root weakness.
Secure development life cycle requires systematic error handling, reducing unchecked conditions.
Application security requirements include explicit handling of error conditions.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
- V-248574 YUM must be configured to prevent the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or OL 8 system components that have not been digitally signed using a certificate that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-754
- V-248575 OL 8 must prevent the installation of software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages without verification they have been digitally signed using a certificate that is issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is recognized and approved by the organization. prevents CWE-754
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
- V-271452 OL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-754