CVE-2023-38102 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System's createUser function, allowing remote attackers to escalate privileges. Despite requiring authentication, the existing mechanism can be bypassed, leading to full compromise of the system. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it known to be actively exploited, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netgear:prosafe_network_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.