CVE-2023-42657 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2023-42657

WS_FTP Server Directory Traversal

9.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In WS_FTP Server versions prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.2, a directory traversal vulnerability was discovered. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to perform file operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on files and folders outside of their authorized WS_FTP folder path. Attackers could also escape the context of the WS_FTP Server file structure and perform the same level of operations (delete, rename, rmdir, mkdir) on file and folder locations on the underlying operating system.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Progress Software Corporation

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Affected Software

WS_FTP Server

Vulnerable Versions:

8.8.0, 8.7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 27th, 2023

Last Modified: September 24th, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1005 Data from Local System

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation