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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2023-28962 json

Junos OS: Unauthenticated access vulnerability in J-Web

published 2023-04-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32580

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in upload-file.php, used by the J-Web component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to upload arbitrary files to temporary folders on the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 19.4R3-S11; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7; 20.3 version 20.3R1 and later versions; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S1; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4R3-S11, 20.2R3-S7, 20.4R3-S6, 21.2R3-S4, 21.3R3-S3, 21.4R3-S3, 22.1R3-S1, 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3, 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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.