CVE-2023-28458 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2023-04-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 70.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pretalx:pretalx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-23fx-92m6-4f2g	pretalx allows path traversal in HTML export

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.70062.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890
https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2
https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Pretalx Pretalx

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T16:16:19.399Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28458

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:25.307Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-20T21:15:08.770

Modified: 2025-02-05T17:15:19.327

Link: CVE-2023-28458

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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