CVE-2024-2053 Artica Proxy Unauthenticated LFI Protection Bypass Vulnerability

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can bypass LFI protections to read arbitrary files and execute code as www-data on Artica Proxy.

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-2024-2053?

CVE-2024-2053 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Artica Proxy, published on 5 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Artica Proxy administrative web application will deserialize arbitrary PHP objects supplied by unauthenticated users and subsequently enable code execution as the "www-data" user. This issue was demonstrated on version 4.50 of the The Artica-Proxy administrative web application attempts to prevent local file inclusion. These protections can be bypassed and arbitrary file requests supplied by unauthenticated users will be returned according to the privileges of the "www-data" user.

Weakness: CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Articatech Artica Proxy.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2053 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-2024-2053 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2053 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-92jp-q2g9-wmq7.

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