CVE-2023-6919 Path Traversal in VGuard IP Camera Network Recorder
An attacker can exploit absolute path traversal in VGuard IP Camera Network Recorder to read arbitrary files from the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-6919?
CVE-2023-6919 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard, published on 26 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Path Traversal: '/../filedir' vulnerability in Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard allows Absolute Path Traversal.
This issue affects VGuard: before V500.0003.R008.4011.C0012.B351.C.
Weakness: CWE-25
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6919?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Biges Vg-255-Bv Firmware, Biges Vg-255-Df Firmware, Biges Vg-255a-Bf Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1a-Lrpu Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1a-Lru Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1e-Nvr Firmware and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6919?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6919 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-2023-6919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8pxq-68qw-492f.