CVE-2023-0959 — Bhima version 1

Bhima version 1.27.0 allows a remote attacker to update the privileges of any account registered in the application via a malicious link sent to an administrator. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to CSRF.

01What is this vulnerability?

Bhima version 1.27.0 allows a remote attacker to update the privileges of any account registered in the application via a malicious link sent to an administrator. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to CSRF.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Bhima	1.27.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T19:00:35.668Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/IMA-WorldHealth/bhima/
• fluidattacks.com — https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/calamaro/