Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Sep 15, 2023 09:51:26 UTC

CVE-2023-4959

A flaw was found in Quay. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks force a user to perform unwanted actions in an application. During the pentest, it was detected that the config-editor page is vulnerable to CSRF. The config-editor page is used to configure the Quay instance. By coercing the victim’s browser into sending an attacker-controlled request from another domain, it is possible to reconfigure the Quay instance (including adding users with admin privileges).

Base score6.5/ 10

SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityMedium

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionRequiredUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactNoneC

Integrity impactNoneI

Availability impactHighA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedNov 1, 2026 05:19:23 UTC

PublishedSep 15, 2023 09:51:26 UTC

ReservedSep 14, 2023 09:07:57 UTC

Credits

This issue was discovered by Oleg Sushchenko (Red Hat).