Qlik Sense Path Traversal
What to do
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2023-12-28 · passed 2 years 8 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
Qlik Sense contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an anonymous session by sending maliciously crafted HTTP requests. This anonymous session could allow the attacker to send further requests to unauthorized endpoints.
Who is affected
Qlik Sense. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-20.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 2 years 8 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2023-41266 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41266
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- community.qlik.com community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41266