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CVE-2023-21407 (GCVE-0-2023-21407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-03 06:40 – Updated: 2024-10-17 15:44
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation in AXIS License Plate Verifier ACAP
Summary
A broken access control was found allowing for privileged escalation of the operator account to gain administrator privileges.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-17 15:44 UTC
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Axis Communications AB AXIS License Plate Verifier Affected: 2.8.3 or earlier
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