A valid, authenticated XCC user with read only access may gain elevated privileges through a specifically crafted API call.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.56% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- May 1, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 46th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · lenovo
- 8.3
- 0.5 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| lenovo | thinkagile hx5530 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_hx5530_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx5530 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_hx5530 |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx7530 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_hx7530_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx7530 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_hx7530 |
| lenovo | thinkagile vx3331 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_vx3331_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile vx3331 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_vx3331 |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx enclosure firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_hx_enclosure_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx enclosure | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_hx_enclosure |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx1021 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_hx1021_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx1021 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_hx1021 |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx1320 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkagile_hx1320_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkagile hx1320 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkagile_hx1320 |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- lenovo thinkagile hx enclosure firmwarebefore 3.72_tei388s
- lenovo thinkagile hx1021 firmwarebefore 3.72_tei388s
- lenovo thinkagile hx1320 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx1321 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx1331 firmwarebefore 2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx1520-r firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx1521-r firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx2320-e firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx2321 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx2330 firmwarebefore 2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx2330 firmware2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx2331 firmwarebefore 2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx2720-e firmwarebefore 3.72_tei388s
- lenovo thinkagile hx3320 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx3321 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
- lenovo thinkagile hx3330 firmwarebefore 2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx3331 firmwarebefore 4.71_d8bt48p
- lenovo thinkagile hx3331 firmwarebefore 2.93_afbt30p
- lenovo thinkagile hx3375 firmwarebefore 4.71_d8bt48p
- lenovo thinkagile hx3376 firmwarebefore 8.88_cdi3a4a
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (lenovo). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Lenovo XClarity Controller
- See product security advisory belowaffected
Same product
lenovo: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-4607An authenticated XCC user can change permissions for any user through a crafted API command.35Monitor
- CVE-2023-25492A valid, authenticated user may be able to trigger a denial of service of the XCC web user interface or other undefined behavior through a f35Monitor
- CVE-2023-29057A valid XCC user's local account permissions overrides their active directory permissions under specific configurations.35Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-25495Apr 28, 2023 · A valid, authenticated administrative user can query a web interface API to reveal the configured LDAP client password used by XCC to authen19Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2023-29056Apr 28, 2023 · A valid LDAP user, under specific conditions, will default to read-only permissions when authenticating into XCC.23Monitor
- Later →CVE-2023-4606Oct 25, 2023 · An authenticated XCC user with Read-Only permission can change a different user’s password through a crafted API command.32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.