CVE-2023-42033

HIGH 7.2CVE-2023-42033 · Published 03/05/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-42033 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting myconnection server (visualware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
myconnection server visualware	`= 11.3c`	No fix yet

Description

Visualware MyConnection Server doPostUploadfiles Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Visualware MyConnection Server. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the doPostUploadfiles method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-21612.

References

myconnectionserver.visualware.com/support/security-advisories · Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1396 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

myconnection server

visualware

= 11.3c

No fix yet

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