CVE-2023-47246
SysAid Server Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 4 December 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
In SysAid On-Premise before 23.3.36, a path traversal vulnerability leads to code execution after an attacker writes a file to the Tomcat webroot, as exploited in the wild in November 2023.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 98.85% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 13 November 2023 · due 4 December 2023 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- sysaid/sysaid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 98.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.sysaid.com/blog/service-desk/on-premise-software-security-vulnerability-notification; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47246
References
- https://documentation.sysaid.com/docs/latest-version-installation-filesProduct
- https://documentation.sysaid.com/docs/on-premise-security-enhancements-2023Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.sysaid.com/blog/service-desk/on-premise-software-security-vulnerability-notificationExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://documentation.sysaid.com/docs/latest-version-installation-filesProduct
- https://documentation.sysaid.com/docs/on-premise-security-enhancements-2023Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.sysaid.com/blog/service-desk/on-premise-software-security-vulnerability-notificationExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-47246US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.