CVE-2023-25805
Published: 20 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-25805 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Versionn Project Versionn. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Versionn, a tool for updating version information across multiple files, contains a command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) in all releases before 1.1.0. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network attackability with low complexity and no required credentials or user interaction, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that causes arbitrary operating-system commands to execute under the privileges of the versionn process, enabling full system compromise on the affected host.
The GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-fj78-2vc5-f6cm and the associated commit 2ca12882 confirm that the issue is resolved in version 1.1.0; users are advised to upgrade immediately. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0953 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-0698
Vulnerability details
versionn, software for changing version information across multiple files, has a command injection vulnerability in all versions prior to version 1.1.0. This issue is patched in version 1.1.0.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
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