Is CVE-2023-45161 being actively exploited?

CVE-2023-45161 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-45161?

CVE-2023-45161 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2023-45161

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

The 1E-Exchange-URLResponseTime instruction that is part of the Network product pack available on the 1E Exchange does not properly validate the URL parameter, which allows for a specially crafted input to perform arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM permissions. This instruction only runs on Windows clients. To remediate this issue download the updated Network product pack from the 1E Exchange and update the 1E-Exchange-URLResponseTime instruction to v20.1 by uploading it through the 1E Platform instruction upload UI

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.9 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.8% (57th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2023-49468)
Published: November 6, 2023
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-49468 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on June 18, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

1e / platform

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

1E Power and Patch Management Pack including WakeUp and NightWatchman Version 5.6 running on multiple platforms - 1E Ltd - Common Criteria CRP252 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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