CVE-2023-42455 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Wazuh Dashboard versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, allowing a logged-in user to extract the Wazuh API administrator key via browser development tools. This enables the user to gain administrative privileges on the API, regardless of their assigned dashboard role. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a low-complexity attack vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh-dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wazuh:*:* | ||
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh-kibana-app:*:*:*:*:*:wazuh:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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