Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-5002

RCE

Title: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-5002.

CWE Category CWE-78
Published Date Sep 22, 2023
Modified Date Mar 17, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.47%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-5002: A flaw was found in pgAdmin. This issue occurs when the pgAdmin server HTTP API validates the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 7.6 failed to properly control the server code executed on this API, allowing an authenticated user to run arbitrary commands on the server.

Impacted Vendors

P
pgadmin 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239164 https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/6763 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2S24D3S2GVNGTDNE6SF2OQSOPU3H72UW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VIRTMQZEE6K7RD37ERZ2UFYFLEUXLQU3/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239164 https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/6763 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2S24D3S2GVNGTDNE6SF2OQSOPU3H72UW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VIRTMQZEE6K7RD37ERZ2UFYFLEUXLQU3/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-5002 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.