CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-42033

7.2 HIGH Published 2024-05-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Visualware MyConnection Server doPostUploadfiles Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Visualware MyConnection Server. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the doPostUploadfiles method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-21612.

Affected configurations

• visualware myconnection server 11.3c

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References