CVE-2023-5573Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Service interruption via unbounded proxy response buffering

Published Oct 13, 2023 · Updated Sep 17, 2024

Resource exhaustion in Vrite before 0.3.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt the service through the image proxy endpoint. The /proxy route passes an attacker-selected URL to axios.get and buffers the complete response as an array buffer before checking its content type, without a response-size limit. A request must pass the route's Origin check; repeated or oversized responses can exhaust memory and crash or hang the application.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.54%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Vrite before 0.3.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt the service through the image proxy endpoint. The /proxy route passes an attacker-selected URL to axios.get and buffers the complete response as an array buffer before checking its content type, without a response-size limit. A request must pass the route's Origin check; repeated or oversized responses can exhaust memory and crash or hang the application.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-5573
Published
Oct 13, 2023
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Vendor
Vrite
Product
Vrite
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 13, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <0.3.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Vrite · Vriteversion=unspecified <0.3.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7huntr.devCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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