CVE-2023-33293: kaiostech kaios Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-33293 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in kaiostech kaios. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 22-05-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-01-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in KaiOS 3.0 and 3.1. The binary /system/kaios/api-daemon exposes a local web server on *.localhost with subdomains for each installed applications, e.g., myapp.localhost. An attacker can make fetch requests to api-deamon to determine if a given app is installed and read the manifest.webmanifest contents, including the app version.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.56% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (kaios.dev)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Kaiostech1 product
- kaios3.0 | 3.1
1 vendor · 1 product