High severity · published Aug 21, 2017
CVE-2017-7423
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) vulnerability in esfadmingui in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2…
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) vulnerability in esfadmingui in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to forge requests, if this component is configured. This includes creating new privileged credentials, resulting in privilege elevation (CWE-275). Note esfadmingui is not enabled by default.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Enterprise Developer · Microfocus
2.3; 2.3; 2.3 · source: NVD
ES
Enterprise Server · Microfocus
2.3; 2.3; 2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7423
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7423
community.microfocus.com
https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017
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