ePO, ESM and DXL
CVE-2023-5444: CSRF in ePO leading to privilege escalation
A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ePolicy Orchestrator prior to 5.10.0 CP1 Update 2 allows a remote low privilege user to successfully add a new user with administrator privileges to the ePO server.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| ePolicy Orchestrator Prior to 5.10 | See the advisory |
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What it is
A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ePolicy Orchestrator prior to 5.10.0 CP1 Update 2 allows a remote low privilege user to successfully add a new user with administrator privileges to the ePO server. This impacts the dashboard area of the user interface. To exploit this the attacker must change the HTTP payload post submission, prior to it reaching the ePO server.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 13 Oct 2026.