Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-40500

RCE

Title: Lg Simple Editor RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-40500.

CWE Category CWE-749

Published Date May 03, 2024

Modified Date Apr 10, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-40500: LG Simple Editor copyContent Exposed Dangerous Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LG Simple Editor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the copyContent command. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19944.

Impacted Vendors

lg 1

Reference Links

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1206/ https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1206/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-40500 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 10, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 03, 2024 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.