CVE-2023-6218 MOVEit Transfer Group Admin Privilege Escalation
A group administrator can elevate a member's permissions to organization administrator, allowing unauthorized privilege escalation in MOVEit Transfer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-6218?
CVE-2023-6218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation MOVEit Transfer, published on 29 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Progress MOVEit Transfer versions released before 2022.0.9 (14.0.9), 2022.1.10 (14.1.10), 2023.0.7 (15.0.7), a privilege escalation path associated with group administrators has been identified. It is possible for a group administrator to elevate a group members permissions to the role of an organization administrator.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Progress Moveit Transfer.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-6218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Corporation MOVEit Transfer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5743-p3xc-xmhv.