Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5681

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 October 2023

Published
20 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 33.7th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5681 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Netentsec Application Security Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 33.7th 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, which was classified as critical, was found in Netentsec NS-ASG Application Security Gateway 6.3. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/list_addr_fwresource_ip.php. The manipulation leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The…

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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-243057 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

netentsec
application security gateway
6.3

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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