CVE-2023-42455

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    CVE-2023-42455

    Published: 9 Oct 2023Last Modified: 15 Oct 2025

    Summary: Wazuh vulnerable to user privilege escalation

    Details: Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

    References: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-kibana-app/security/advisories/GHSA-8w7x-52r7-qvjf, https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-kibana-app/pull/5428, https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-dashboard-plugins/issues/5427

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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