CVE-2024-5433 Path Traversal in Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC
An attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the CSI Web Server to access files outside the web root without authentication.
- 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-2024-5433?
CVE-2024-5433 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC, published on 28 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server supports a command that will return the most recent file that matches a given expression. A specially crafted expression can lead to a path traversal vulnerability. This command combined with a specially crafted expression allows anonymous, unauthenticated access (allowed by default) by an attacker to files and directories outside of the webserver root directory they should be restricted to.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5433?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5433?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5433 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-2024-5433 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5433 in the wild and no public exploit code.