CVE-2023-0090 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-0090

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection webservices unauthenticated RCE

Vulnerability Description

The webservices in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/POD) contain a vulnerability that allows for an anonymous user to execute remote code through 'eval injection'. Exploitation requires network access to the webservices API, but such access is a non-standard configuration. This affects all versions 8.20.0 and below.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • ly1g3

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

enterprise_protection
Vulnerable Versions:
8.*

Timeline

Official Publish: March 8th, 2023
Last Modified: February 28th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-95

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.