Vulnerability · Published Apr 20, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-28458
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in the pretalx package (PyPI). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.5% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.5%top 10.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Organizers can trigger the overwriting (with the standard pretalx 404 page content) of an arbitrary file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pretalx | 2.3.2 | GHSA-23fx-92m6-4f2g |
| PyPI | pretalx | 2.3.2 | PYSEC-2023-40 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N