CVE-2023-34125
Published: 13 July 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-34125 is a medium-severity Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename' (CWE-27) vulnerability in Sonicwall Global Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-34125 is a path traversal vulnerability, also referenced under CWE-22 and CWE-27, that affects SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier as well as Analytics 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier. The flaw permits an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root-level privileges, corresponding to a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, and low required privileges.
An attacker who already possesses valid credentials can send specially crafted requests over the network to traverse directories and retrieve sensitive files without any user interaction, resulting in high-impact confidentiality exposure while leaving integrity and availability unaffected.
SonicWall advisory SNWLID-2023-0010 and the associated support notice recommend applying the fixes published for the affected GMS and Analytics releases; administrators should review the vendor pages at psirt.global.sonicwall.com and www.sonicwall.com/support for the latest patched versions and configuration guidance.
The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1218 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38227
Vulnerability details
Path Traversal vulnerability in GMS and Analytics allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem with root privileges. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier versions; Analytics: 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier versions.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.