Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5921

Decesoftware Geodi ≤ 8.0.0.27396

Published
22 November 2023
Modified
20 May 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0025 16th percentile
Risk Priority 51 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5921 is a high-severity Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow (CWE-841) vulnerability in Decesoftware Geodi. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique External Remote Services (T1133); ranked at the 16th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow vulnerability in DECE Software Geodi allows Functionality Bypass. This issue affects Geodi: before 8.0.0.27396.

CWE(s)
CWE-841

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1133 External Remote Services Persistence
Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network.
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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.
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T1657 Financial Theft Impact
Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-36333Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-55330Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-55337Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-48480Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-55682Shared CWE-841
CVE-2026-16103Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-48481Shared CWE-841
CVE-2026-8477Shared CWE-841
CVE-2025-48482Shared CWE-841
CVE-2026-13222Shared CWE-841

Affected Assets

decesoftware
geodi
≤ 8.0.0.27396

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.2.1

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.PS-06 mostly match
degrades

Secure development practices directly address proper workflow enforcement during design and coding.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policies can include sequence constraints on multi-step actions.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Hardened configuration baselines can embed required workflow ordering rules.

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect workflow bypasses but does not enforce them at runtime.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle requires explicit workflow enforcement in multi-step processes.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include sequencing and state-transition rules for critical workflows.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles address proper ordering of security-critical operations.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding practices can prevent missing workflow checks but do not define the control itself.

A.8.32 Change management none match
mitigates

Change management can require workflow adherence for changes but is not the primary mitigation.

References