CVE-2023-38324

An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.2. It allows users to skip the splash page sequence (and directly authenticate) when it is using the default FAS key and OpenNDS is configured as FAS. Affected OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2 fixed in OpenWrt master, OpenWrt 23.05 and OpenWrt 22.03 on 28. August 2023 by updating OpenNDS to version 10.1.3.

Published: 2023-11-17 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-38324 is rated Low Risk (38/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38324

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 0.56% 0.69% +0.13%
2 2026-03-04 0.43% 0.56% +0.13%
3 2025-12-05 0.43%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38324

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38324

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-38324

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2023-38324 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (opennds), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38324
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-38324 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (opennds), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, ignored 2, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38324

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38324

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opennds captive_portal < 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:opennds:captive_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38324

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