CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-21715
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability — Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office Publisher contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows for a local, authenticated attack on a targeted system.
- Added to KEV
- 2023-02-14
- Remediation due
- 2023-03-07
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2023-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-08-19
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Affected configurations
• microsoft 365 apps
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-21715 US Government Resource