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CVE-2023-42455

Wazuh vulnerable to user privilege escalation

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.4.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wazuh wazuh-kibana-app

    From 4.4.0 · fixed in 4.4.2

References 3

GitHub · wazuh/wazuh-kibana-app

GitHub · wazuh/wazuh-dashboard-plugins