# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xfr9-jgfp-fx3v

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37461?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2023-29944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29944/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45790/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45788](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45788/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25573/): Improper access control to download file in metersphere (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-23512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23512/): Metersphere is vulnerable to Path Injection. (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37461 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37461 exists.

Affected product: metersphere. 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-2023-37461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37461/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37461
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37461
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37461

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37461/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.