CVE-2023-38357

Exp

Session tokens in RWS WorldServer 11.7.3 and earlier have a low entropy and can be enumerated, leading to unauthorized access to user sessions.

Published: 2023-08-01 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-38357 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.12%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-38357

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
51619 exploit_db edb 2023-07-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38357

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 4.16% 3.12% -1.04%
2 2026-04-26 3.36% 4.16% +0.80%
3 2026-03-04 3.36%

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38357

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:L/I:N/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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38357

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38357

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rws worldserver < 11.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:rws:worldserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38357

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