CVE-2023-34125: sonicwall analytics Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-34125 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename' vulnerability in sonicwall analytics. EPSS estimates a 25.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-07-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Path Traversal vulnerability in GMS and Analytics allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root privileges. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier versions; Analytics: 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier versions.

• CWE-27Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.