CVE-2023-0241

pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.19 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A user of the product may change another user's settings or alter the database.

Published: 2023-03-27 Last update: 2025-03-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-0241 is rated Moderate Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.83%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-0241

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.24% 8.83% +5.58%
2 2026-06-09 2.61% 3.24% +0.63%
3 2026-04-21 — 2.61% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-0241

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-0241

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-0241

GHSA-9crj-hpxh-f6qg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to directory traversal

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-0241

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2023-0241 severity moderate: SUSE including 11 source package names (pgadmin4-4.30-150300.3.9.1, pgadmin4-8.2-1.1, …), 56 product×package rows across 19 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 56. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0241/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-0241

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgadmin pgadmin_4 < 6.19 cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-0241

URL Tags
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/5734 Issue Tracking Patch
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN01398015/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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