CVE-2023-38366 IBM FileNet Content Manager directory traversal

What is CVE-2023-38366?

CVE-2023-38366 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Filenet Content Manager, published on 1 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Filenet Content Manager Component 5.5.8.0, 5.5.10.0, and 5.5.11.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 261115.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38366?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Filenet Content Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38366 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-2023-38366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Filenet Content Manager

• CVE-2018-1844 XML external entity in FileNet Content Manager High 7.1
• CVE-2020-4759 Code injection in FileNet Content Manager High 7.0
• CVE-2010-3320 Open redirect in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2021-38965 Command injection in FileNet Content Manager Medium 6.3
• CVE-2020-4447 Cross-site scripting in FileNet Content Manager Medium 5.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f2qw-c8r7-cf3j.