CVE-2023-53962 (GCVE-0-2023-53962)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-22 21:37
Modified
2025-12-22 22:03
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
SOUND4 IMPACT/FIRST/PULSE/Eco v2.x contains an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability that allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files through the 'upgfile' parameter in upload.cgi. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by sending crafted multipart form-data POST requests with directory traversal sequences to write files to unintended system locations.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SOUND4 Ltd. Impact/Pulse/First Version: Version 2: 1.1/2.15
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