Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28382

High

Published: 26 May 2023

Published
26 May 2023
Modified
15 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0048 65.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28382 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Et-X Ess Rec. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 34.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory traversal vulnerability in ESS REC Agent Server Edition series allows an authenticated attacker to view or alter an arbitrary file on the server. Affected products and versions are as follows: ESS REC Agent Server Edition for Linux V1.0.0 to…

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V1.4.3, ESS REC Agent Server Edition for Solaris V1.1.0 to V1.4.0, ESS REC Agent Server Edition for HP-UX V1.1.0 to V1.4.0, and ESS REC Agent Server Edition for AIX V1.2.0 to V1.4.1

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

et-x
ess rec
1.0.0 — 1.4.3 · 1.1.0 — 1.4.0 · 1.1.0 — 1.4.0

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References