Advisories

OrbiTeam BSCW Server < 5.2.5 / 7.4.4 Path Traversal via bscw.cgi

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • BSCW Server >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.5

  • BSCW Server >= 7.0.0, < 7.4.4

CWE
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS
8.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Armin Stock (Atos ODS) of SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab, The Shadowserver Foundation
Description
OrbiTeam BSCW Server 5.x before 5.2.5 and 7.x before 7.4.4 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the style_name parameter of the theme operation. Attackers can send GET requests to /pub/bscw.cgi/<id>?op=theme with ../ sequences in style_name to read local files such as /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-22.

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