critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2023-48365Qlik Sense — header handling lets requests tunnel to the backend
Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before the August 2023 Patch 2 validates request headers loosely, so an attacker tunnels their own requests through to the backend server and runs code on it without signing in.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.9/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 28% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2023-11-15
- Added to KEV
- 2025-01-13
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- initial access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNetwork access to the Qlik Sense front end; no credentials needed.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorycommunity.qlik.comcommunity.qlik.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.