CVE-2024-47265 Path traversal in Active Backup for Business
Remote authenticated users can write arbitrary files via path traversal in Synology Active Backup for Business encrypted share unmounting.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-47265?
CVE-2024-47265 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Synology Active Backup for Business, published on 13 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in encrypted share umount functionality in Synology Active Backup for Business before 2.7.1-13234, 2.7.1-23234 and 2.7.1-3234 allows remote authenticated users to write specific files via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47265?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Synology Active Backup for Business Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47265?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47265 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-2024-47265 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47265 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Synology Active Backup for Business
- CVE-2025-66592 Path traversal in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent
- CVE-2023-52949 Missing authorization in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent
- CVE-2023-52950 Information disclosure in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent
- CVE-2023-52948 Information disclosure in Synology Active Backup for Business Agent
- CVE-2024-47264 Path traversal in Active Backup for Business
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42vr-8wv2-vg62.