{"id":"CVE-2023-52251","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-52251","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T22:24:02.092Z","title":"An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/{topic}/messages.","description":"An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/{topic}/messages. No fixed release is available; the project has had no commit since 2024-04-08.","published":"2024-01-25T21:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-08T19:17:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["provectus/ui"],"epss":{"score":0.8684,"percentile":0.99745,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/9400","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/osv.dev/issues/5988","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/kafbat/kafka-ui/commit/11a57d14","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/blob/v0.7.2/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/emitter/MessageFilters.java","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177214/Kafka-UI-0.7.1-Command-Injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/CVE-2023-52251-POC","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52251","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}