CVE-2023-4552
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) URL Manipulation
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
An authenticated AppBuilder user with the ability to create or manage existing databases can leverage them to exploit the AppBuilder server - including access to its local file system.
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) URL Manipulation
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
An authenticated AppBuilder user with the ability to create or manage existing databases can leverage them to exploit the AppBuilder server - including access to its local file system.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4552- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54407
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
An authenticated AppBuilder user with the ability to create or manage existing databases can leverage them to exploit the AppBuilder server - including access to its local file system.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54407- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pwgf-w5vm-vm95
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
An authenticated AppBuilder user with the ability to create or manage existing databases can leverage them to exploit the AppBuilder server - including access to its local file system.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
GHSA-pwgf-w5vm-vm95- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
An authenticated AppBuilder user with the ability to create or manage existing databases can leverage them to exploit the AppBuilder server - including access to its local file system.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4552- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4552 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.