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CVE-2023-0090

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0090 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/POD) versions 8.20.0 and below. This flaw, stemming from an 'eval injection' in webservices, allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the webservices API to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While exploitation requires a non-standard network configuration, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

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

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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