8.8High
Provectus Ui
CVE-2023-52251
An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/{topic}/messages. No fixed release is available; the project has had no commit since 2024-04-08.
What this means for your business
- It affects Provectus Ui. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 87% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 99% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Provectus Ui, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2024-01-25
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Provectus Ui0.4.0 - 0.7.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html
- https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/9400
- https://github.com/google/osv.dev/issues/5988
- https://github.com/kafbat/kafka-ui/commit/11a57d14
- https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/blob/v0.7.2/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/emitter/MessageFilters.java
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html
- https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC