CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-4172

Absolute Path Traversal

Published: Aug 05, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Chengdu Flash Flood Disaster Monitoring and Warning System 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file ServiceFileHandler.ashx. The manipulation of the argument FileDirectory leads to absolute path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-236207.

Weakness

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as “/abs/path” that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Flash_flood_disaster_monitoring_and_warning_system Cdwanjiang 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)

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