NGINX Management Suite Auth Attacker Gains Unintended Config Access
CVE-2023-28656 Published on May 3, 2023
NGINX Management Suite vulnerability
NGINX Management Suite may allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to configuration objects outside of their assigned environment.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-28656 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
CVE-2023-28656 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-28656
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Affected Versions
F5 NGINX Instance Manager:- Version 2.0.0 and below 2.9.0 is affected.
- Version 1.0.0 and below 1.5.0 is affected.
- Version 1.0.0 and below 1.3.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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