7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-40052
Progress Application Server (PAS) OpenEdge HTTP Request Denial of Service
Description

This issue affects Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge in versions 11.7 prior to 11.7.18, 12.2 prior to 12.2.13, and innovation releases prior to 12.8.0 .  An attacker who can produce a malformed web request may cause the crash of a PASOE agent potentially disrupting the thread activities of many web application clients. Multiple of these DoS attacks could lead to the flooding of invalid requests as compared to the server’s remaining ability to process valid requests.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 18, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:18 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-40052 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Progress openedge
2 Progress openedge_innovation

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-40052 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-40052 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Product-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-for-OpenEdge-PASOE-Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport
    Added Reference https://www.progress.com/openedge
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Product-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-for-OpenEdge-PASOE-Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport No Types Assigned https://community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Product-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-for-OpenEdge-PASOE-Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.progress.com/openedge No Types Assigned https://www.progress.com/openedge Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.7 up to (excluding) 11.7.18 *cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.2 up to (excluding) 12.2.13
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge_innovation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.8.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description This issue affects Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge in versions 11.7 prior to 11.7.18, 12.2 prior to 12.2.13, and innovation releases prior to 12.8.0 .  An attacker who can produce a malformed web request may cause the crash of a PASOE agent potentially disrupting the thread activities of many web application clients. Multiple of these DoS attacks could lead to the flooding of invalid requests as compared to the server’s remaining ability to process valid requests.
    Added Reference Progress Software Corporation https://www.progress.com/openedge [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Progress Software Corporation https://community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Product-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-for-OpenEdge-PASOE-Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Progress Software Corporation CWE-119
    Added CVSS V3.1 Progress Software Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.25257

percentile

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