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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2023-2480 json

Elevation of Privilege in M-Files Desktop Client

published 2023-05-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33964

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Missing access permissions checks in M-Files Client before 23.5.12598.0 (excluding 23.2 SR2 and newer) allows elevation of privilege via UI extension applications

Patch / fix

  • M-Files M-Files Client 23.2.12340.11, 23.5.12598.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • M-Files M-Files Client

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.