CVE-2023-48365: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/tac-p/2120510 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48365

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-444. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48365
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog