CVE-2022-40701 Path traversal in QUARTZ-GOLD

What is CVE-2022-40701?

CVE-2022-40701 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware, published on 26 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the httpd delfile.cgi functionality of Siretta QUARTZ-GOLD G5.0.1.5-210720-141020. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary file deletion. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40701?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40701?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40701 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-2022-40701 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-40701 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware

• CVE-2022-40222 Command injection in QUARTZ-GOLD Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-41991 Memory corruption in QUARTZ-GOLD Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42490 Command injection in QUARTZ-GOLD Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42491 Command injection in QUARTZ-GOLD Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42492 Command injection in QUARTZ-GOLD Critical 9.8

All Siretta Quartz-Gold Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9wpj-prq6-283m.