CVE-2023-38285

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 59.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-07-26 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-23 15:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-07-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-407Inefficient Algorithmic ComplexityClass
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eb0a602f4fa3a78ed52478cf5fc9b47a503100ad3cb05b343dc42565eb909a6b

• www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/end-of-sale-and-trustwave-support-for-modsecurity-web-application-firewall/
• www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-v3-dos-vulnerability-in-four-transformations-cve-2023-38285/