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CVE-2023-40495

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40495 is a directory traversal vulnerability in LG Simple Editor, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to disclose sensitive information. This flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied paths within the copyTemplateAll method, enabling information disclosure with SYSTEM privileges. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lg:simple_editor:3.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7724 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-1201
Third Party Advisory