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CVE-2023-37401 (GCVE-0-2023-37401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-09 13:54 – Updated: 2025-10-09 19:06
VLAI
Title
IBM Aspera Faspex cross-origin resource sharing
Summary
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-09 19:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-942 - Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247502 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Aspera Faspex Affected: 5.0.0 , ≤ 5.0.13.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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