CVE-2023-40060 (GCVE-0-2023-40060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-07 15:57 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:57
VLAI
Title
2FA/MFA Bypass Vulnerability in Serv-U 15.4 and 15.4 Hotfix 1
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 and 15.4 Hotfix 1 that, if exploited, allows an actor to bypass multi-factor/two-factor authentication. The actor must have administrator-level access to Serv-U to perform this action. 15.4.  SolarWinds found that the issue was not completely fixed in 15.4 Hotfix 1.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 2025-02-26 21:52 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SolarWinds Serv-U Affected: 15.4 , ≤ 15.4 Hotfix 1 (hotfix)
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        "assignerShortName": "SolarWinds",
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-40060",
        "datePublished": "2023-09-07T15:57:49.521Z",
        "dateReserved": "2023-08-08T23:22:08.619Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2025-02-27T20:57:19.408Z",
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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