CVE-2022-29097 Path traversal in Wyse Management Suite

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Dell Wyse Management Suite to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-29097?

CVE-2022-29097 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 24 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell WMS 3.6.1 and below contains a Path Traversal vulnerability in Device API. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to gain unauthorized read access to the files stored on the server filesystem, with the privileges of the running web application.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29097?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Wyse Management Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29097 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-2022-29097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Wyse Management Suite vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hm7j-m87f-5473.

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