# CVE-2023-34125: Path traversal in Analytics

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in SonicWall GMS and Analytics to read arbitrary files from the filesystem with root privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8c32-84r5-7x4m

## What is CVE-2023-34125?

CVE-2023-34125 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SonicWall Analytics, published on 13 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Path Traversal vulnerability in GMS and Analytics allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root privileges. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier versions; Analytics: 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier versions.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-27 (Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34125?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sonicwall Analytics, Sonicwall Global Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-34125?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-34125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SonicWall Analytics

- [CVE-2023-34124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34124/): Auth bypass in Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34128/): Hardcoded credentials in Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34130](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34130/): Weak cryptography in Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34132/): Auth bypass in Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34136/): File upload in Analytics (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-34125 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-34125 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SonicWall Analytics, published on 13 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SonicWall Analytics. 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-2023-34125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34125/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34125
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34125
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-34125

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34125/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.