CVE-2023-33779

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Published May 26, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another user's account via a crafted POST request to the component /jobinfo/.

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xuxueli:xxl-job:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-1516	A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another user's account via a crafted POST request to the component /jobinfo/.
Github GHSA	GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c	Privilege escalation in XXL-Job

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.949% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/silence-silence/xxl-job-lateral-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-/blob/main/README.md
https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job

History

Jan 14, 2025 8:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Xuxueli Xxl-job

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:26 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 26, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:26 AM
Reserved: May 22, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:47 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:47 PM

NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 26, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 1:18 AM

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