# CVE-2023-29268: TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload or modify arbitrary files in the web server directory, potentially leading to code execution or data modification.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvhq-8h67-c2h8

## What is CVE-2023-29268?

CVE-2023-29268 is a critical vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, published on 26 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Splus Server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services contains a vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload or modify arbitrary files within the web server directory on the affected system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 11.4.10 and below, versions 11.5.0, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.7.0, 11.8.0, 11.8.1, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 12.0.2, versions 12.1.0 and 12.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29268?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tibco Spotfire Statistics Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-29268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-29268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services

- [CVE-2019-11204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11204/): TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services Exposes Sensitive Files (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-12410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12410/): TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services remote execution vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-2371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2371/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29268 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-29268 is a critical vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, published on 26 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29268/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29268
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29268
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29268

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