CVE-2023-37461 Path traversal in metersphere
Attackers can overwrite or create files via path traversal in uploaded file metadata, requiring an upgrade to Metersphere.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-37461?
CVE-2023-37461 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in metersphere, published on 17 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Metersphere is an opensource testing framework. Files uploaded to Metersphere may define a `belongType` value with a relative path like `../../../../` which may cause metersphere to attempt to overwrite an existing file in the defined location or to create a new file. Attackers would be limited to overwriting files that the metersphere process has access to. This issue has been addressed in version 2.10.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37461?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metersphere Metersphere.
How do I fix CVE-2023-37461?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37461 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-2023-37461 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37461 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in metersphere
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfr9-jgfp-fx3v.