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Progress WS_FTP Server: CVE-2023-42657: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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Progress WS_FTP Server: CVE-2023-42657: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/27/2023
Created
09/30/2023
Added
09/29/2023
Modified
10/02/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • progress-wsftp-sep-2023-critical-advisory

References

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