What is CVE-2023-44170?

CVE-2023-44170 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Seacms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-44170?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Seacms

CVE-2023-44170

SeaCMS V12.9 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability via the component admin_ping.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-09-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Seacms — versions 12.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/H3ppo/vulnerabilities/blob/main/SeaCMS V12.9 Arbitrary file write vu… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44170?: CVE-2023-44170 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Seacms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-44170?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.