Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22858

Medium

Published: 06 March 2023

Published
06 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.8th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22858 is a medium-severity Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties (CWE-552) vulnerability in Blogengine Blogengine.Net. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An Improper Access Control vulnerability in BlogEngine.NET 3.3.8.0, allows unauthenticated visitors to access the files of unpublished blogs.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

blogengine
blogengine.net
3.3.8.0

Mitigating Controls

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.

addresses: CWE-552 CWE-862

Sanitizing equipment before off-site maintenance reduces the risk of files or directories containing sensitive data becoming accessible to external parties.

addresses: CWE-552 CWE-862

Enumerating systems surfaces externally reachable resources that would otherwise remain unmonitored and accessible.

addresses: CWE-552 CWE-862

Prevents public exposure of files or directories that should not be reachable by unauthenticated parties.

addresses: CWE-552 CWE-862

Decoy files and directories detect external access attempts and deflect attackers away from actual accessible resources.

addresses: CWE-862

Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.

addresses: CWE-862

Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.

addresses: CWE-862

Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.

addresses: CWE-862

Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.

References