CVE-2020-9353 Path traversal in n/a
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary local files via directory traversal in the RPC loadFile function, requiring web server access restrictions for mitigation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9353?
CVE-2020-9353 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. The Remote Procedure Call (RPC) loadFile provided by the console functionality on the /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp (or /isomorphic/IDACall) URL is affected by unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via directory-traversal sequences in the elem XML element in the _transaction parameter. NOTE: the documentation states "These tools are, by default, available to anyone ... so they should only be deployed into a trusted environment. Alternately, the tools can easily be restricted to administrators or end users by protecting the tools path with normal authentication and authorization mechanisms on the web server."
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9353?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smartclient Smartclient.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9353?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-9353 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9353 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh56-wcx8-mr6r.