CVE-2023-43052

IBM Control Center external service interaction

Published Mar 7, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 is vulnerable to an external service interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-47473 IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 is vulnerable to an external service interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 is vulnerable to an external service interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with.
Title IBM Control Center external service interaction
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm control Center
Weaknesses CWE-435
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center:6.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center:6.3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm control Center
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Aug 16, 2025, 11:43 PM
Reserved
Sep 15, 2023, 1:12 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 7, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:25 AM