Security advisory

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  "id": "a6f7ddfc1980d5363a24214e3fb8f98edbd73128344bcb5beb8b43a6e1e25c90",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52251",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-52251",
    "summary": "An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/{topic}/messages. No fixed release is available; the project has had no commit since 2024-04-08.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-52251",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-52251",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-52251"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kafbat/kafka-ui",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "11a57d14"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "11a57d14"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "521ba0cb2f63110eb2ed13a7054a4d70238a862a"
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                {
                  "last_affected": "83b5a60cc08501b570a0c4d0b4cdfceb1b88d6b7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.7.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:provectus:ui:*:*:*:*:*:kafka:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.0"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.7.2",
            "v0.7.0",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.7.1",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.7.0",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.6.1",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.6.0",
            "v0.6.0",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.5.4",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.5.3",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.5.2",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.5.1",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.5.0",
            "v0.5.0",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.4.6",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.4.5",
            "charts/kafka-ui-0.4.4",
            "v0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52251.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.861761071Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/blob/v0.7.2/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/emitter/MessageFilters.java",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52251.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52251",
        "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/9400",
        "https://github.com/google/osv.dev/issues/5988",
        "https://github.com/kafbat/kafka-ui/commit/11a57d14",
        "https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52251.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2023-52251",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521651,
  "published_at": "2024-01-25T00:00:00+00:00"
}