CVE-2023-7249 Path traversal in OpenText Directory Services
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in OpenText Directory Services to read arbitrary files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-7249?
CVE-2023-7249 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenText Directory Services, published on 12 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText OpenText Directory Services allows Path Traversal.This issue affects OpenText Directory Services: from 16.4.2 before 24.1.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7249?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Directory Services.
How do I fix CVE-2023-7249?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7249 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-2023-7249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7249 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenText Directory Services
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m37f-qr93-p7wv.