CVE-2023-6218Network attack vector

Organization-admin escalation via group-member permission change

Published Nov 29, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Privilege escalation in affected Progress MOVEit Transfer releases allows remote authenticated users to become organization administrators. Progress has not published which MOVEit Transfer Web Interface operation fails to enforce the boundary between group and organization administrators. A group administrator account is required; successful escalation grants organization-wide user, security-setting, and file-management authority.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability0.70%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in affected Progress MOVEit Transfer releases allows remote authenticated users to become organization administrators. Progress has not published which MOVEit Transfer Web Interface operation fails to enforce the boundary between group and organization administrators. A group administrator account is required; successful escalation grants organization-wide user, security-setting, and file-management authority.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-6218
Published
Nov 29, 2023
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
Progress Software Corporation
Product
MOVEit Transfer
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 29, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2022.0.0 (14.0.0) <2022.0.9 (14.0.9)
  2. Affected versionversion=2022.1.0 (14.1.0) <2022.1.10 (14.1.10)
  3. Affected versionversion=2023.0.0 (15.0.0) <2023.0.7 (15.0.7)

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Progress Software Corporation · MOVEit Transferversion=2022.0.0 (14.0.0) <2022.0.9 (14.0.9); version=2022.1.0 (14.1.0) <2022.1.10 (14.1.10); version=2023.0.0 (15.0.0) <2023.0.7 (15.0.7)

Published CVSS scores

7.2Progress Software CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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