Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-44313

High

Published: 31 January 2024

Published
31 January 2024
Modified
13 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.6909 98.7th percentile
Risk Priority 57 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-44313 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Apache Servicecomb. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Apache ServiceComb Service-Center versions prior to 2.1.0 contain a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-44313. The flaw resides in the handling of incoming requests and is classified under CWE-918, carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.6.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can submit specially crafted requests that cause the service-center to fetch arbitrary resources, resulting in disclosure of sensitive server information along with limited impact to integrity and availability.

Apache advisories direct users to upgrade to version 2.2.0, which resolves the issue, and reference lists on lists.apache.org and openwall.com provide the corresponding security announcements. The associated EPSS score has remained at 0.6909 without a documented rise from a lower baseline.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Apache ServiceComb Service-Center. Attackers can obtain sensitive server information through specially crafted requests.This issue affects Apache ServiceComb before 2.1.0(include). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.2.0, which fixes the issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apache
servicecomb
≤ 2.2.0

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-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

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