# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5743-p3xc-xmhv

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6218?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2023-35708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35708/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-38159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38159/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5806/): MOVEit Transfer Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-36934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36934/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-35036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35036/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Corporation MOVEit Transfer. 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-2023-6218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6218/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.