CVE-2023-4551
Command Injection via Task Scheduler
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection.
The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Command Injection via Task Scheduler
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection.
The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4551- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54406
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection.
The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54406- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7m9h-xc4x-cg98
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection.
The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
GHSA-7m9h-xc4x-cg98- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows OS Command Injection.
The AppBuilder's Scheduler functionality that facilitates creation of scheduled tasks is vulnerable to command injection. This allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary operating system commands into the executing process.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4551- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4551 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Opentext Appbuilder, published January 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.