CVE-2024-56477: ibm power_hardware_management_console Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56477 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in ibm power_hardware_management_console. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-02-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10.3.1050.0 could allow an authenticated user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

• 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.