CVE-2023-4168Templatecookie Adlisting Redirect ad-list information disclosure
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 46.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability was found in Templatecookie Adlisting 2.14.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /ad-list of the component Redirect Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-236184. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Adlisting Classified Ads 2.14.0 - Information Disclosure (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-4168.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adlisting Classified Ads 2.14.0 - WebPage Content Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51667webapps, phppublished 8 Aug 2023Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 46.0% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
- affected 2.14.0
References
References3
- https://vuldb.com/?id.236184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.236184 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174015/Adlisting-Classified-Ads-2.14.0-Information-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)relatedx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-54047 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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