# CVE-2023-41790: Traversal Path on PHP file

> Attackers can manipulate configuration file search paths to access server configuration files and compromise the database in Pandora FMS.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-83wp-743r-qp4g

## What is CVE-2023-41790?

CVE-2023-41790 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Pandora FMS on all allows Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths. This vulnerability allows to access the server configuration file and to compromise the database. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 700 through 773.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41790?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Artica Pandora Fms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41790?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41790 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Artica Pandora Fms

- [CVE-2010-4279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4279/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-32098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32098/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32099/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26518/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11221/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41790 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41790 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Artica Pandora Fms, published on 23 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artica Pandora Fms. 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-2023-41790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41790/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41790
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41790
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41790

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41790/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.