Improper Auth: Low-Priv Authenticated Attacker Views All Users
CVE-2023-3253 Published on August 29, 2023
Improper authorization in Nessus
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated,
low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users
available in the application.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3253 can be exploited 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 small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2023-3253 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-3253
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus:- Before 10.6.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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