Authenticated arbitrary directory creation via path traversal
Published May 10, 2023 · Updated Jan 24, 2025
Path traversal in the SEL RTAC Web Interface allows remote authenticated users to create folders anywhere in the device file system. SEL identifies the affected locus as the web management interface, but neither SEL nor the reporting researcher discloses the request handler or pathname-validation error. A valid session is required; the demonstrated consequence is limited to directory creation, with no reported file read, overwrite, code execution, or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in the SEL RTAC Web Interface allows remote authenticated users to create folders anywhere in the device file system. SEL identifies the affected locus as the web management interface, but neither SEL nor the reporting researcher discloses the request handler or pathname-validation error. A valid session is required; the demonstrated consequence is limited to directory creation, with no reported file read, overwrite, code execution, or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-31166
- Published
- May 10, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
- Product
- SEL-2241 RTAC Module
- Classifications
- CWE-22, CAPEC-176, CAPEC-643
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=R126-V0 <R147-V6
- Affected versionversion=R126-V0 <R148-V7
- Affected versionversion=R126-V0 <R149-V4
- Affected versionversion=R126-V0 <R150-V2
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