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CVE-2023-2479

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2479 is a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability affecting Appium Desktop versions prior to v1.22.3-4. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with low attack complexity. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the potential impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows a Nuclei template for Remote Code Execution, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting active interest in its exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.22.3-4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appium:appium-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-2479 · Sep 15, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2201 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-xq6j-x8pq-g3grcritical

appium-desktop OS Command Injection vulnerability

May 2, 2023

References

github.com / appium/appium-desktop/commit/12a988aa08b9822e97056a09486c9bebb3aad8fe
Patch
huntr.dev / bounties/fbdeec3c-d197-4a68-a547-7f93fb9594b4
ExploitThird Party Advisory