# CVE-2023-5885: Franklin Electric Fueling Systems Colibri Path Traversal

> A remote attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the discontinued Franklin Electric Colibri system to read sensitive files, including user credentials.

- **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:** 27 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9r7f-gq6c-hrcv

## What is CVE-2023-5885?

CVE-2023-5885 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Franklin Electric Fueling Systems Colibri, published on 27 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The discontinued FFS Colibri product allows a remote user to access files on the system including files containing login credentials for other users.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-35 (Path Traversal: '.../...//')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5885?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Franklinfueling Colibri Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Franklin Electric Fueling Systems Colibri

- [CVE-2022-44039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44039/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-46417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-46417/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5885 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5885 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Franklin Electric Fueling Systems Colibri, published on 27 Nov 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-2023-5885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Franklin Electric Fueling Systems Colibri. 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-2023-5885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5885/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5885
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5885
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5885

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5885/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.