CVE-2023-21417: Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API manageoverlayimage.cgi was vulnerable to path traversal attacks that…

PriorityP341high7.1CVSS 3.1

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EPSS

0.67%

48.1th percentile

Sandro Poppi, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API manageoverlayimage.cgi was vulnerable to path traversal attacks that allows for file/folder deletion. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator- privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator service accounts and limited to non-system files compared to administrator-privileges. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
axis	axis_os	< 11.7.57	11.7.57
axis	axis_os_2020	< 9.80.49	9.80.49
axis	axis_os_2022	< 10.12.208	10.12.208
axis_communications_ab	axis_os	—	—

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