9.6

CVE-2023-25168: Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings

Modified
AliasesGHSA-66p8-j459-rq63GO-2023-1555
Published 08-02-2023Last modified 10-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-25168 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) Link Following vulnerability in pterodactyl wings. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.6/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CVE-2023-25152

Timeline

  1. 08-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system. This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.96% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/pterodactyl1 product
  • wings< 1.7.4 | ≥ 1.11.0, < 1.11.4
Pterodactyl1 product
  • wings< 1.7.4 | ≥ 1.11.0, < 1.11.4 | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.7.4 | 1.11.0 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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