Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.9
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-41265
Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

An HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7 and earlier, November 2022 Patch 10 and earlier, and August 2022 Patch 12 and earlier allows a remote attacker to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests in the raw HTTP request. This allows them to send requests that get executed by the backend server hosting the repository application. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 29, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2023, 1:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.1
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.

Required Action :

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-41265 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-41265 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 Qlik qlik_sense
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-41265.

URL Resource
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 Vendor Advisory
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes Release Notes

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A Nuclei template to detect ZeroQlik (CVE-2023-41265 and CVE-2023-41266)

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 30, 2023, 4:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-41265 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-41265 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Sep. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 No Types Assigned https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes No Types Assigned https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes Release Notes
    Added CWE NIST CWE-444
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:-:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_1:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_10:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_11:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_12:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_2:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_3:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_4:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_5:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_6:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_7:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_8:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:august_2022:patch_9:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:-:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_1:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_2:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_3:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_4:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_5:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_6:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:february_2023:patch_7:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:may_2023:-:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:may_2023:patch3:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:may_2023:patch_1:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:may_2023:patch_2:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:-:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_1:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_10:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_2:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_3:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_4:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_5:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_6:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_7:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_8:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense:november_2022:patch_9:*:*:enterprise:windows:*:*
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-41265 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-41265 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

92.10 }} 1.34%

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0.99026

percentile

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