Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5572

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 13 October 2023

Published
13 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 46.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5572 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Vrite Vrite. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 46.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: Adversarial AI Attack Implementations (AML.T0016.000), AML.T0040.000, Direct (AML.T0051.000).

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitHub repository vriteio/vrite prior to 0.3.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-918

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other Platforms
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
The CVE affects the vriteio/vrite GitHub repository, which is featured in a bounty on huntr.dev, the bug bounty platform specifically for AI/ML projects, indicating it is an AI-related platform or tool despite the generic SSRF vulnerability.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

SSRF vulnerability in public-facing web application enables exploitation (T1190) and allows internal network service discovery (T1046) via unauthorized requests to internal hosts and ports.

MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI

MITRE ATLAS techniques

AML.T0016.000: Adversarial AI Attack ImplementationsAML.T0040.000AML.T0051.000: DirectAML.T0018.000: Poison AI ModelAML.T0048.000: Financial HarmAML.T0024.000: Infer Training Data Membership

Affected Assets

vrite
vrite
≤ 0.3.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-918

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

SC-7 Boundary Protection
addresses: CWE-918

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-918

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

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-918

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

References