CVE-2023-32265 — A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESC

01What is this vulnerability?

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Micro Focus	Enterprise Server	6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Micro Focus	Enterprise Test Server	6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Micro Focus	Enterprise Developer	6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Micro Focus	Visual COBOL	6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Micro Focus	COBOL Server	6.0, 7.0, 8.0

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: 2023-07-20T13:01:38.269Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-21T13:05:58.689Z

09References

• portal.microfocus.com — https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000019323?language=en_US