CVE-2023-29347: Windows Admin Center Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 8.7)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Spoofing
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2023-Jul
Released
2023-07-11
EPSS Score
0.36% (percentile: 57.8%)

FAQ

Where can customer obtain the updated software? Customers can download the latest build of Windows Admin Center by using this link: aka.ms/downloadwac According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? The vulnerability is in the web server, but the malicious scripts execute in the victim’s browser on their machine. How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by carrying out any one of the following actions: Importing a malicious script to the Windows Admin Center (WAC) HTML form. Importing a .csv file using the Windows Admin Center (WAC) user interface. Importing a .csv file using the Windows Admin Center (WAC) API. If the victim who triggers the attack is a highly-privileged administrator the injected scripts could perform operations on the WAC server, thus spoofing the WAC application with the privileges of the victim administrator.

Affected Products (1)

Windows

  • Windows Admin Center

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

Christian P&#246;schl with <a href="https://herolab.usd.de/">usd AG</a>

Revision History

  • 2023-07-11: Information published.