Progress WS_FTP Server up to 8.7.3/8.8.1 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Progress WS_FTP Server up to 8.7.3/8.8.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-42657. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Progress WS_FTP Server up to 8.7.3/8.8.1 (File Transfer Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In WS_FTP Server version 8.7.0 prior to 8.7.4 and version 8.8.0 prior to 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.

The weakness was shared 09/27/2023. The advisory is shared for download at community.progress.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-42657 since 09/12/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 8.7.4 or 8.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• File Transfer Software

Vendor

• Progress

Name

• WS_FTP Server

Version

• 8.7.0
• 8.7.1
• 8.7.2
• 8.7.3
• 8.8.0
• 8.8.1

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• commercial

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