Archer Identifier
SA-9
CVE Identifier
CVE-2023-48641, CVE-2023-48642
Severity
High
Severity Rating
Individual CVE scores noted below.
Affected Products
Archer Platform versions greater than 6.x
Summary
Archer Platform contains fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
Details
Archer Platform has been updated for the following vulnerabilities:
• Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability CVE-2023-48641
Archer Platform 6.x before 6.14 P1 HF2 (6.14.0.1.2) contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user in a multi-instance installation could potentially exploit this vulnerability by manipulating application resource references in user requests to bypass authorization checks to gain execute access to AWF application resources.
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L)
• HTML Content Injection Vulnerability CVE-2023-48642
Archer Platform 6.x before 6.13 P2 (6.13.0.2) contains an authenticated HTML content injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious Archer user could potentially exploit this to store malicious HTML code in a trusted application data store. When victim users access the data store through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
6.14 (6.14.0) is also a fixed release.
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Recommendation
For CVE-2023-48641, the following Archer releases contain a resolution to this vulnerability:
• Archer version 6.14 P1 HF2 (6.14.0.1.2) or higher
• Archer version 6.13.0.3 (6.13.0.3) or higher
For CVE-2023-48642, the following Archer releases contain a resolution to this vulnerability:
• Archer version 6.14 (6.14.0) or higher
• Archer version 6.13 P2 (6.13.0.2) or higher
Archer recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Severity Rating
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Archer Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. Archer recommends all customers consider both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
EOPS Policy
Archer has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. Please refer to the Product Version Life Cycle for additional details.
Legal Information
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