CVE-2023-2480 — Missing access permissions checks in M-Files Client before 23

Missing access permissions checks in M-Files Client before 23.5.12598.0 (excluding 23.2 SR2 and newer) allows elevation of privilege via UI extension applications

01What is this vulnerability?

Missing access permissions checks in M-Files Client before 23.5.12598.0 (excluding 23.2 SR2 and newer) allows elevation of privilege via UI extension applications

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
M-Files	M	Files Client — 0, 23.2.12340.11

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: 2023-05-25T13:28:29.204Z
• Last modified: 2026-02-23T08:42:43.815Z

09References

• product.m-files.com — https://product.m-files.com/security-advisories/cve-2023-2480/
• empower.m-files.com — https://empower.m-files.com/security-advisories/CVE-2023-2480