CVE-2024-49780
IBM OpenPages path traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Feb 20, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 20, 2024
Description
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker with privileges to perform Import Configuration could send a specially crafted http request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the file name parameter used in Import Configuration to write files to arbitrary locations outside of the specified directory and possibly overwrite arbitrary files.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OpenPages with WatsonIBM |
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References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183541vendor-advisorypatch
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