Is CVE-2023-48365 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2023-48365 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2025-01-13, and has known ransomware campaign use.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-48365?

CVE-2023-48365 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-48365?

CVE-2023-48365 has an EPSS score of 24.68% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2023-48365?

No published fix for CVE-2023-48365 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2025-02-03. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-48365

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 98th pctl

9.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683. Due to improper validation of HTTP headers, a remote attacker is able to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests, allowing them to execute HTTP requests on the backend server that hosts the repository application. The fixed versions are August 2023 Patch 2, May 2023 Patch 6, February 2023 Patch 10, November 2022 Patch 12, August 2022 Patch 14, May 2022 Patch 16, February 2022 Patch 15, and November 2021 Patch 17. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-41265.

CWE-444

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal remediation due: 2025-02-03

Known ransomware campaign use

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

24.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Remediation due: 2025-02-03

Associated with ransomware campaigns

References

Vendor Advisory1

community.qlik.com

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-444 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-22536	Critical	10.0	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-61884	High	7.5	98%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-9490	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-41265	Critical	9.6	85%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-25690	Critical	9.8	84%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-32214	Medium	6.5	81%	-	Fix

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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 2025-10-31.