CVE-2022-2653 Path Traversal in plankanban/planka
Attackers can exploit path traversal to read sensitive configuration files and environment variables containing database credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2653?
CVE-2022-2653 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in plankanban/planka, published on 4 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
With this vulnerability an attacker can read many sensitive files like configuration files, or the /proc/self/environ file, that contains the environment variable used by the web server that includes database credentials. If the web server user is root, an attacker will be able to read any file in the system.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2653?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Planka Planka.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2653?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2653 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-2022-2653 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2653 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5c4f-cr5c-fm9x.