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CVE-2023-25591 (GCVE-0-2023-25591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-14 14:49 – Updated: 2025-02-27 15:11
VLAI
Title
Authenticated Information Disclosure in ClearPass Policy Manager Web-Based Management Interface
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow a remote attacker authenticated with low privileges to access sensitive information. A successful exploit allows an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further privileges on the ClearPass instance.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 15:05 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Affected: 6.11.1 and below
Affected: 6.10.8 and below
Affected: 6.9.13 and below
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Date Public
2023-03-14 19:00
Credits
Luke Young (bugcrowd.com/bored_engineer)
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