CVE-2023-3265

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-3265?

Upgrade powerpanel server to 2.6.9 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-3265 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-3265 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-3265?

CVE-2023-3265 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-3265 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for powerpanel server (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 74th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An authentication bypass exists on CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise by failing to sanitize meta-characters from the username, allowing an attacker to login into the application with the default user "cyberpower" by appending a non-printable character.An unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to log in to the CypberPower PowerPanel Enterprise as an administrator with hardcoded default credentials.

CWE-150

How to fix

Remediation Available

powerpanel serverNVD

Affected:< 2.6.9Fixed in:2.6.9CVE-2023-3265derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

trellix.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-150 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-0899	Critical	9.8	11%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-55754	Critical	9.6	10%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-25310	High	8.8	4.6%	-	-
CVE-2020-6932	Critical	10.0	3.6%	-	-
CVE-2024-28085	Low	3.3	2.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30123	Critical	10.0	1.8%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-3265?

Upgrade powerpanel server to 2.6.9 or later.

Is CVE-2023-3265 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-3265 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-3265?

CVE-2023-3265 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-3265 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for powerpanel server (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.