What is CVE-2023-43256?

CVE-2023-43256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gladysassistant Gladys Assistant, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-43256?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gladysassistant Gladys Assistant

CVE-2023-43256

A path traversal in Gladys Assistant v4.26.1 and below allows authenticated attackers to extract sensitive files in the host machine by exploiting a non-sanitized user input.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Gladysassistant Gladys Assistant

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys/commit/f27d0ea4689c3deca5739b5f9ed45a2ddbf00b… (Patch)
blog.moku.fr/cves/CVE-unassigned/ (Third Party Advisory)
blog.moku.fr/cves/CVE-2023-43256/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43256?: CVE-2023-43256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gladysassistant Gladys Assistant, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-43256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.