CVE-2023-48365: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server.
- Who is affected
- All deployments of Qlik Sense are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and high severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Qlik Sense.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48365
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-48365Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-48365 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Qlik Sense HTTP
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-12-07
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