CVE-2023-28458

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Exploits

Metasploit modules

• exploit_linux/http/pretalx_rce_cve_2023_28458 · rank 600 · Pretalx Limited File Write to Remote Code Execution

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28458
• https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890
• https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx
• https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pretalx/PYSEC-2023-40.yaml
• https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/
• https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/