CVE-2023-21518
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows...
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows untrusted applications to start arbitrary activity.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows untrusted applications to start arbitrary activity.
- Record
CVE-2023-21518- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25686
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows untrusted applications to start arbitrary activity.
- Record
EUVD-2023-25686- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9xg5-53wm-4fp9
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows...
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows untrusted applications to start arbitrary activity.
- Record
GHSA-9xg5-53wm-4fp9- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control vulnerability in SearchWidget prior to version 3.3 in China models allows untrusted applications to start arbitrary activity.
- Record
CVE-2023-21518- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21518 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Samsung Searchwidget, published June 28, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.