ThinkAdmin 6.1.53 ZIP File unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ThinkAdmin 6.1.53. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-48966. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ThinkAdmin 6.1.53. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /admin/api.upload/file of ThinkAdmin v6.1.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip file.

The weakness was disclosed 12/04/2023. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-48966 since 11/20/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-3145). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/20/2023 🔍
12/04/2023 +14 days 🔍
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11/21/2025 +718 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-48966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-48966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246797
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2023 17:06
Updated: 11/21/2025 05:09
Changes: 12/04/2023 17:06 (36), 12/23/2023 09:32 (11), 11/21/2025 05:09 (16)
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