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CVE-2023-45727

Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition Ver5.62 and earlier, Proself Gateway Edition Ver1.65 and earlier, and Proself Mail Sanitize Edition Ver1

Proself Enterprise/Standard Ver5.62 and earlier, Gateway Edition Ver1.65 and earlier, and Mail Sanitize Edition Ver1.08 and earlier are affected. The fix is in Proself Ver5.63.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Actively exploited
Fix
Fixed in Proself Ver5.63
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition, Proself Gateway Edition, and Proself Mail Sanitize Edition are affected. A remote attacker without logging in could read arbitrary files on the server, including files containing account information, by sending a specially crafted request.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition Ver5.62 and earlier, Proself Gateway Edition Ver1.65 and earlier, and Proself Mail Sanitize Edition Ver1.08 and earlier allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. By processing a specially crafted request containing malformed XML data, arbitrary files on the server containing account information may be read by the attacker.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • North Grid Corporation Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition

    Ver5.62 and earlier

  • North Grid Corporation Proself Gateway Edition

    Ver1.65 and earlier

  • North Grid Corporation Proself Mail Sanitize Edition

    Ver1.08 and earlier

References 2

proself.jp

jvn.jp

FAQ

Questions about CVE-2023-45727

What does this mean?

An attacker can read arbitrary files on the server, such as account information.Source: jvn.jp, proself.jp

Am I affected, and how do I check?

Affected versions are Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition Ver5.62 and earlier, Proself Gateway Edition Ver1.65 and earlier, and Proself Mail Sanitize Edition Ver1.08 and earlier. Compare the Proself version and edition you run against this list.Source: jvn.jp, proself.jp

What should I do about it?

Update to Proself Ver5.63, which the vendor released on 2023/10/17 with the fix. If you cannot update yet, apply the workaround of overwriting the updaterafterreboot.xml file into the Proself WEB-INF/xml/process/admin/config folder.Source: jvn.jp, proself.jp

Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-12-03, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cisa.gov, cve.now feed data