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CVE-2023-0089

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0089 describes an "eval injection" vulnerability in the webutils component of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/POD) affecting all versions 8.20.0 and below. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to achieve remote code execution. This is a high-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited over a network with low complexity and user privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.13.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.18.0, < 8.18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.18.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:8.18.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:8.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 17,805 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

proofpoint.com / security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2023-0001
Vendor Advisory