Security Resilience

CVE-2023-30198

Path Traversal in Webbax Winbizpayment ≤ 1.0.2

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
12 June 2023
Modified
06 January 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.055 93th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-30198 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Webbax Winbizpayment. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

PrestaShop's winbizpayment module versions 1.0.2 and earlier contain an incorrect access control vulnerability in modules/winbizpayment/downloads/download.php. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-30198 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-22 path traversal. It permits unauthenticated network access to restricted resources without requiring user interaction.

An attacker can send crafted requests directly to the affected download.php endpoint to read arbitrary files on the server, resulting in disclosure of sensitive configuration data, credentials, or other confidential information stored on the PrestaShop installation.

Public advisories and proof-of-concept material are available from Friends-of-Presta and Packet Storm Security, highlighting the module's improper access controls; the referenced PrestaShop core Tools.php code provides context on related file-handling routines but does not itself contain a fix for this third-party module. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0568 with no observed increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Prestashop winbizpayment <= 1.0.2 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via modules/winbizpayment/downloads/download.php.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control
Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
attack.mitre.org →
T1018 Remote System Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Lateral Movement from the current system.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-3031Same vendor: Webbax
CVE-2023-30197Same vendor: Webbax
CVE-2023-30199Same vendor: Webbax
CVE-2023-30196Same vendor: Webbax
CVE-2025-27783Shared CWE-22
CVE-2026-45390Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-7631Shared CWE-22
CVE-2023-22914Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-43165Shared CWE-22
CVE-2024-13471Shared CWE-22

Affected Assets

webbax
winbizpayment
≤ 1.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
blocks

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
blocks

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References