7.2

CVE-2023-40289: supermicro x11sae-f_firmware Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 27-03-2024Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40289 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in supermicro x11sae-f_firmware. EPSS estimates a 18.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
18.27%
0%100%
Medium · +0.50 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A command injection issue was discovered on Supermicro X11SSM-F, X11SAE-F, and X11SSE-F 1.66 devices. An attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges from a user with BMC administrative privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

18.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.50 pp

From 17.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
18.27%

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

Supermicro3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

2 links