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Improper Link Resolution allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system

Critical
matthewpi published GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63 Feb 8, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.7.3, 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3

Patched versions

1.7.4, 1.11.4

Description

Impact

This vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings. The vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system. This vulnerability can be combined with GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5 to overwrite files on the host system.

In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by Wings. Information on how the exploitation of this vulnerability works will be released on February 24th, 2023 in North America.

Patches

This vulnerability has been resolved in version v1.11.4 of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in v1.7.4.

Anyone running v1.11.x should upgrade to v1.11.4 and anyone running v1.7.x should upgrade to v1.7.4.

Workarounds

None at this time.

Severity

Critical
9.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25168

Weaknesses

Credits