Progress OpenEdge up to 11.7.17/12.2.12/12.7.x Web Transport Request unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Progress OpenEdge up to 11.7.17/12.2.12/12.7.x. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web Transport Request Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-40051. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Progress OpenEdge up to 11.7.17/12.2.12/12.7.x and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Web Transport Request 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:

This issue affects Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge in versions 11.7 prior to 11.7.18, 12.2 prior to 12.2.13, and innovation releases prior to 12.8.0. An attacker can formulate a request for a WEB transport that allows unintended file uploads to a server directory path on the system running PASOE. If the upload contains a payload that can further exploit the server or its network, the launch of a larger scale attack may be possible.

The weakness was published 01/18/2024. The advisory is shared at community.progress.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-40051 since 08/08/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 11.7.18, 12.2.13 or 12.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Progress

Name

• OpenEdge

Version

• 11.7.0
• 11.7.1
• 11.7.2
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.4
• 11.7.5
• 11.7.6
• 11.7.7
• 11.7.8
• 11.7.9
• 11.7.10
• 11.7.11
• 11.7.12
• 11.7.13
• 11.7.14
• 11.7.15
• 11.7.16
• 11.7.17
• 12.0
• 12.1
• 12.2
• 12.2.0
• 12.2.1
• 12.2.2
• 12.2.3
• 12.2.4
• 12.2.5
• 12.2.6
• 12.2.7
• 12.2.8
• 12.2.9
• 12.2.10
• 12.2.11
• 12.2.12
• 12.3
• 12.4
• 12.5
• 12.6
• 12.7

License

• commercial

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