CVE-2023-37460

HIGH

Codehaus-plexus Plexus-archiver < 4.8.0 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

Plexis Archiver is a collection of Plexus components to create archives or extract archives to a directory with a unified `Archiver`/`UnArchiver` API. Prior to version 4.8.0, using AbstractUnArchiver for extracting an archive might lead to an arbitrary file creation and possibly remote code execution. When extracting an archive with an entry that already exists in the destination directory as a symbolic link whose target does not exist - the `resolveFile()` function will return the symlink's source instead of its target, which will pass the verification that ensures the file will not be extracted outside of the destination directory. Later `Files.newOutputStream()`, that follows symlinks by default, will actually write the entry's content to the symlink's target. Whoever uses plexus archiver to extract an untrusted archive is vulnerable to an arbitrary file creation and possibly remote code execution. Version 4.8.0 contains a patch for this issue.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by shoucheng3 · poc
https://github.com/shoucheng3/codehaus-plexus__plexus-archiver_CVE-2023-37460_4-7-1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.3656
EPSS Percentile 97.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-61
Status published

Affected Products (2)

codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver < 4.8.0
org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-archiver < 4.8.0Maven

Timeline

Published Jul 25, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026