CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38997

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.14%

62th percentile - higher than 62% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-2023-38997 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a significant risk to organizations as it allows attackers to gain full system privileges, potentially leading to data and system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update OPNsense to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS