Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5022

Path Traversal in Dedecms ≤ 5.7.100

Path Traversal
Published
17 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0070 50th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5022 is a medium-severity Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-36) vulnerability in Dedecms Dedecms. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 50% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been found in DedeCMS up to 5.7.100 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /include/dialog/select_templets_post.php. The manipulation of the argument activepath leads to absolute path traversal. The associated identifier…

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of this vulnerability is VDB-239863.

CWE(s)
CWE-36

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

dedecms
dedecms
≤ 5.7.100

Mitigating Controls

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-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that prevent absolute path traversal.

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect absolute path traversal via static analysis and fuzzing.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes input validation and path-handling requirements that reduce absolute path traversal risk.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements typically mandate controls against path traversal in file-access functions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles call for canonicalization and sandboxing that limit absolute path traversal.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require neutralization of absolute path sequences in pathname construction.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files can be reached but does not address the path-construction flaw itself.

References