CVE-2023-27312

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere

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Published Oct 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are
susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated
unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the
VMware vSphere user interface.

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

NetApp

SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.6`	affected	< 4.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter_plug-in:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

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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-2023-31089	SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

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% (0.358% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230713-0001/

History

Sep 18, 2024 8:30 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

Netapp Snapcenter Plug-in

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 6:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: netapp
Published: Oct 12, 2023, 6:19 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 6:11 PM
Reserved: Feb 28, 2023, 5:20 PM

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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: Oct 12, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:44 AM

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Red Hat No data

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