Is CVE-2023-5444 being actively exploited?

CVE-2023-5444 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5444?

CVE-2023-5444 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2023-5444

HIGH · CVSS 8.0EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ePolicy Orchestrator prior to 5.10.0 CP1 Update 2 allows a remote low privilege user to successfully add a new user with administrator privileges to the ePO server. This impacts the dashboard area of the user interface. To exploit this the attacker must change the HTTP payload post submission, prior to it reaching the ePO server.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.0 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
EPSS score: 0.4% (27th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2023-57759)
Published: November 17, 2023
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-57759 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on December 2, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
mcafee / epolicy orchestrator

Certified products that may be affected

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

McAfee Application Control v5.0, Change Control v5.0, and Integrity Monitor v5.0 with McAfee Agent v4.5 and ePolicy Orchestrator v4.5 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-153 - archived
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator v3.6 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0047-2007 - archived

References

https://kcm.trellix.com/agent/index?page=content&id=SB10410(Permissions Required)

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

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