Plesk
CVE-2023-4931
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Search path element control
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Plesk Installer affects version 3.27.0.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-427. Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Plesk Installer affects version 3.27.0.0. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by injecting DLL files into the same folder where the application is installed, resulting in DLL hijacking in edputil.dll, samlib.dll, urlmon.dll, sspicli.dll, propsys.dll and profapi.dll files. Affected products include: Plesk. Version information: version 3.27.0.0..
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Plesk Installer affects version 3.27.0.0. A local attacker could execute arbitrary code by injecting DLL files into the same folder where the application is installed, resulting in DLL hijacking in edputil.dll, samlib.dll, urlmon.dll, sspicli.dll, propsys.dll and profapi.dll files.
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Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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A Host Header Injection issue on the Login page of Plesk Obsidian through 18.0.49 allows attackers to redirect users to
The feature to preview a website in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.0 through 18.0.32 on Linux is vulnerable to reflected XSS via th
Cross-tenant credential disclosure in WebPros Plesk before 18.0.78.4 allows a low-privileged authenticated customer to e
SQL injection in the Plesk hosting control panel's XML-RPC API allows a remote, low-privileged authenticated user to inj
Privilege escalation in the Plesk web hosting control panel lets an authenticated low-privileged user abuse an improper
Authenticated remote attackers against WebPros Plesk (versions before 18.0.79.8, and 18.0.80 through 18.0.80.3) can inje
Arbitrary file write as root in Plesk's Backup Manager lets an authenticated customer escalate to full server compromise
Local privilege escalation to root affects the Backup Manager component of WebPros Plesk, where a time-of-check-to-time-
OS command injection in Plesk allows any authenticated low-privilege panel account - customer, reseller, or subscription
Privilege escalation to remote code execution in Plesk (18.0.52 through 18.0.79.6, and the 18.0.80.0 branch before 18.0.
Privilege escalation to root in Plesk for Linux (18.0.34 up to 18.0.79.9 / 18.0.80.5) lets a customer- or reseller-level
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