CVE-2023-5516

Summary

CVE-2023-5516 is a vulnerability that affects multiple products, including rQFqnf, rQFqno, tU2knF, and others. It is categorized as CWE-200 (Information Exposure) and has a base severity of MEDIUM with a base score of 5.3. The vulnerability occurs due to poorly constructed web application requests and URI components with special characters, which trigger unhandled errors and exceptions. As a result, sensitive information about the underlying technology, such as version info, endpoints, backend server, and internal IP addresses, can be unintentionally disclosed. This exposure could potentially provide attackers with additional targets for exploitation. The risk score for this vulnerability is 25. No user interaction or privileges are required to exploit it. The exploitability score is 3.9, indicating a moderate likelihood of exploitation. Remediation measures should be taken to address this vulnerability and mitigate the potential danger it poses to organizations' confidentiality by implementing robust input validation and error handling mechanisms in web applications affected by this vulnerability.

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