CVE-2023-44395

low-risk
Published 2024-01-22

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.14% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Autolab

Affected Vendors

Autolabproject

References (6)

Release Notes https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
Technical Description https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/rails-path-traversal-guide-examples-and-preventio...
Release Notes https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/releases/tag/v2.12.0
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
Technical Description https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/rails-path-traversal-guide-examples-and-preventio...
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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal