Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-4984

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 15 September 2023

Published
15 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.6th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-4984 is a medium-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Didiglobal Knowsearch. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unsecured Credentials (T1552); ranked at the 44.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in didi KnowSearch 0.3.2/0.3.1.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /api/es/admin/v3/security/user/1. The manipulation leads to unprotected storage of credentials. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit…

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has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-239795.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
Why these techniques?

Vulnerability enables access to unsecured credentials stored in plaintext via API endpoint (/api/es/admin/v3/security/user/1), facilitating T1552 (Unsecured Credentials) and specifically T1552.001 (Credentials In Files) as per CWE-256 and VulDB mapping.

Affected Assets

didiglobal
knowsearch
0.3.1.2, 0.3.2

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-256

Protection of passwords and credentials at rest forces encryption or equivalent controls instead of plaintext storage.

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