CVE-2023-4553
Unauthenticated Access to AppBuilder Configuration Files
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
AppBuilder configuration files are viewable by unauthenticated users.
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
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Unauthenticated Access to AppBuilder Configuration Files
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
AppBuilder configuration files are viewable by unauthenticated users.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4553- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54408
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
AppBuilder configuration files are viewable by unauthenticated users.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54408- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8p2h-w6cv-wr2w
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.
AppBuilder configuration files are viewable by unauthenticated users.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
GHSA-8p2h-w6cv-wr2w- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText AppBuilder on Windows, Linux allows Probe System Files.
AppBuilder configuration files are viewable by unauthenticated users.
This issue affects AppBuilder: from 21.2 before 23.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-4553- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - 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-2023-4553 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) 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 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.