CVE-2023-40743 is a critical vulnerability affecting applications integrating Apache Axis 1.x, where the ServiceFactory.getService method can be exploited through untrusted input. This allows for dangerous lookup mechanisms like LDAP, potentially leading to Denial of Service (DoS), Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and Remote Code Execution (RCE). With a CVSS score of 9.8, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, posing a high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While Apache Axis 1.x is End-of-Life (EOL) and no official fix is planned, a patch is available, and migration to Axis 2/Java is recommended. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
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< 2023-08-01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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