CVE-2023-46501
Published: 07 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-46501 is a critical-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Boltwire Boltwire. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 6.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
BoltWire version 6.03 is affected by CVE-2023-46501, an improper access control flaw that permits remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by submitting a crafted payload to the view and change admin password function. The vulnerability is assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 and is associated with CWE-284.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, achieving disclosure and modification of administrator credentials and thereby obtaining high confidentiality and integrity impact while availability remains unaffected.
Public references consist of GitHub repositories that document the access-control bypass in BoltWire 6.03, yet no official vendor advisories, patches, or mitigation steps are provided in the available sources. The EPSS score remains flat at 0.1091 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-50708
Vulnerability details
An issue in BoltWire v.6.03 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted payload to the view and change admin password function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2023-46501 is an improper access control vulnerability in the public-facing BoltWire CMS web application, enabling remote attackers to exploit it (T1190) to disclose any member's passwords including admin credentials (T1212).
Affected Assets
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.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.
Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.