Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-37781

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 17 July 2023

Published
17 July 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0045 64.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-37781 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Emqx Emqx. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in the emqx_sn plugin of EMQX v4.3.8 allows attackers to execute a directory traversal via uploading a crafted .txt file.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

emqx
emqx
4.3.8

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References