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CVE-2023-40827

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40827 describes a path traversal vulnerability in pf4j_project pf4j versions 3.9.0 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to access sensitive information and execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete confidentiality compromise. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pf4j_project:pf4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-rvm8-j2cp-j592high

pf4j vulnerable to remote code execution via loadpluginPath parameter

Aug 29, 2023

References

github.com / pf4j/pf4j/issues/536
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / pf4j/pf4j/pull/537
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / pf4j/pf4j/pull/537/commits/ed9392069fe14c6c30d9f876710e5ad40f7ea8c1
Patch