CVE-2023-52251

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 86.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-25 · updated 2026-09-08
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

provectus kafka-ui: from 0.4.0 through 0.7.1

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html
https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC
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/provectus/kafka-ui/blob/v0.7.2/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/emitter/MessageFilters.java
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html
https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC

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