CVE-2023-32265
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileCAEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue. Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. The account corresponding to the exposed credentials usually has limited privileges and, in many cases would only be useful for extracting details of other user accounts and similar information.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.1
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affected products (30)
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references (5)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-32265/cnnvd
- https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000019323?language=en_UScnnvd
- https://www.unescwa.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000019323?language=en_USenisa_euvd
- https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000019323?language=en_USVendor Advisorynvd
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