CVE-2023-0476

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Published Jan 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A LDAP injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could generate data in Active Directory using the application account through blind LDAP injection.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Tenable.sc

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Tenable.sc versions 5.23.1 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12528	A LDAP injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could generate data in Active Directory using the application account through blind LDAP injection.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.712% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-03

History

Apr 1, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tenable Tenable.sc

Weaknesses

CWE-74

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 1, 2025, 2:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published: Jan 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 1, 2025, 2:58 PM
Reserved: Jan 24, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:10 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 26, 2023, 9:18 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

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