Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86817

Path traversal in LED Assistant - CVE-2023-4613

Published: February 27, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86817

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4613

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the /api/settings/upload endpoint. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Affected software

LED Assistant
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4613

Install update from vendor's website.

LED Assistant - update to 2.1.57
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.2

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