CVE-2023-7240
Broken Access Control leading to SSRF in NetIQ Identity Console
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.
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
Broken Access Control leading to SSRF in NetIQ Identity Console
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.
- Record
CVE-2023-7240- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-59421
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.
- Record
EUVD-2023-59421- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wjv5-2q32-6v64
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to...
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.
- Record
GHSA-wjv5-2q32-6v64- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.
- Record
CVE-2023-7240- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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-2023-7240 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Opentext Netiq Identity Console, published May 7, 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.