CVE-2023-44395
What it is
Autolab is a course management service that enables instructors to offer autograded programming assignments to their students over the Web. Path traversal vulnerabilities were discovered in Autolab's assessment functionality in versions of Autolab prior to 2.12.0, whereby instructors can perform arbitrary file reads. Version 2.12.0 contains a patch. There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Path traversal
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Autolabproject Autolab < 2.12.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
References
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
- https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/rails-path-traversal-guide-examples-and-prevention/
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
- https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/rails-path-traversal-guide-examples-and-prevention/