CVE-2023-27295

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Published Feb 28, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site request forgery is facilitated by OpenCATS failure to require CSRF tokens in POST requests. An attacker can exploit this issue by creating a dummy page that executes Javascript in an authenticated user's session when visited.

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

OpenCATS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.9.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opencats:opencats:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-31073	Cross-site request forgery is facilitated by OpenCATS failure to require CSRF tokens in POST requests. An attacker can exploit this issue by creating a dummy page that executes Javascript in an authenticated user's session when visited.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.350% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-8

History

Mar 10, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Opencats Opencats

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Mar 10, 2025, 2:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published: Feb 28, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Mar 10, 2025, 2:23 PM
Reserved: Feb 27, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:09 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:09 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:44 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 28, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:44 AM

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