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CVE-2023-48957

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-48957 describes a DNS leak vulnerability in PureVPN Linux client version 2.0.2-Productions, where DNS queries bypass the VPN tunnel and are sent directly to the ISP or default DNS servers. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a low impact on confidentiality, as an attacker could potentially observe a user's DNS requests. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

latesthackingnews.com / 2023/11/13/multiple-vulnerabilities-found-in-purevpn-one-remains-unpatched
ExploitThird Party Advisory
rafaybaloch.com / 2023/11/Multiple%20Critical-Vulnerabilities-in-PureVPN.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory