CVE-2023-4501 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting OpenText (Micro Focus) Visual COBOL, COBOL Server, Enterprise Developer, and Enterprise Server versions 7.0 (patch 19, 20), 8.0 (patch 8, 9), and 9.0 (patch 1) when configured for LDAP authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to authenticate with any valid username using an incorrect password, or potentially with an invalid username, leading to full user impersonation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with one mention advising users to apply patches and consider migrating from COBOL.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:7.0:patch_update_19:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:7.0:patch_update_20:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:8.0:patch_update_8:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:8.0:patch_update_9:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:9.0:patch_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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