CVE-2023-46848 Details
A vulnerability has been found in Squid Web Proxy up to 5.9/6.3 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component FTP. Upgrading to version 6.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at squid-cache.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46848
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
8.44 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (92nd percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2023-46848
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
8.6 High
Products affected by CVE-2023-46848
Squid 6.3
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CVE-2023-46848 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
SC 53,253 20.68%
PK 52,996 20.58%
US 41,363 16.06%
AE 25,829 10.03%
IR 17,170 6.67%
JP 10,080 3.91%
TH 6,389 2.48%
IN 6,276 2.44%
DE 5,094 1.98%
FR 5,012 1.95%

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CVE-2023-46848 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 33,838 77.77%
Telecommunications 9,090 20.89%
Education 152 0.35%
Government/Politics 149 0.34%
Finance 86 0.20%
Media/Entertainment 43 0.10%
Manufacturing 38 0.09%
Business Services 24 0.06%
Retail 22 0.05%
Tourism/Hospitality 13 0.03%

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