CVE-2023-4448

Auth Bypass in Openrapid Rapidcms 1.3.1

Auth Bypass

Published

21 August 2023

Modified

21 November 2024

Patch / advisory

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0066 50th percentile

Risk Priority 50 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-4448 is a medium-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Openrapid Rapidcms. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked in the top 50% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54308

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in OpenRapid RapidCMS 1.3.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/run-movepass.php. The manipulation of the argument password/password2 leads to weak password recovery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The…

exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 4dff387283060961c362d50105ff8da8ea40bcbe. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-237569 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s): CWE-640

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control

Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.

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T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…

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T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access

Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.

attack.mitre.org →

T1010 Application Window Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.

attack.mitre.org →

T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.

attack.mitre.org →

Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

openrapid

rapidcms

1.3.1

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.

IA-5 Authenticator Management

addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

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.

PR.AA-01 partial match

blocks

Credential lifecycle management directly includes password reset/recovery flows.

PR.AA-02 partial match

blocks

Identity proofing is the core control that prevents weak or bypassed recovery mechanisms.

PR.AA-03 partial match

blocks

Authentication policy covers strength/MFA but does not address recovery path weaknesses.

PR.PS-06 partial match

blocks

Secure SDLC reduces implementation flaws but is not specific to password-recovery design.

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.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match

removes

A.5.15 Access control partial match

removes

A.5.16 Identity management partial match

removes

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match

degrades

Strong authentication-information lifecycle rules directly address weak password-recovery flows.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match

removes

A.8.10 Information deletion partial match