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CVE-2023-40051

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40051 is a critical vulnerability affecting Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge versions 11.7.17 and earlier, 12.2.12 and earlier, and innovation releases prior to 12.8.0. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the server via a crafted WEB transport request, potentially leading to further system compromise. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its low attack complexity and significant potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.7, < 11.7.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.2, < 12.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge_innovation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 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

community.progress.com / s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Critical-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-in-OpenEdge-PASOE-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport
Vendor Advisory
progress.com / openedge
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