5.4

CVE-2023-38626: trend micro, inc. trend micro apex central Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 23-01-2024Last modified 20-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-38626 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in trend micro, inc. trend micro apex central. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A post-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central 2019 (lower than build 6481) could allow an attacker to interact with internal or local services directly. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is a similar, but not identical vulnerability as CVE-2023-38625.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Trend micro, inc.1 product
Trendmicro1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links