CVE-2023-42657 (GCVE-0-2023-42657)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:49 – Updated: 2024-09-24 14:19
VLAI
Title
WS_FTP Server Directory Traversal
Summary
In WS_FTP Server versions prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.2, a directory traversal vulnerability was discovered.  An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to perform file operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on files and folders outside of their authorized WS_FTP folder path.  Attackers could also escape the context of the WS_FTP Server file structure and perform the same level of operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on file and folder locations on the underlying operating system.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 14:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
ProgressSoftware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 78/100 over 160 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Progress Software Corporation WS_FTP Server Affected: 8.8.0 , < 8.8.2 (semver)
Affected: 8.7.0 , < 8.7.4 (semver)
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progress ws_ftp_server Affected: 8.8.0 , < 8.8.2 (custom)
Affected: 8.7.0 , < 8.7.4 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2023-09-27 14:48
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