What is CVE-2023-46749?

CVE-2023-46749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Shiro, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-46749?

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

Is CVE-2023-46749 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Apache Shiro

CVE-2023-46749

Apache Shiro before 1.13.0 or 2.0.0-alpha-4, may be susceptible to a path traversal attack that results in an authentication bypass when used together with path rewriting Mitigation: Update to Apache Shiro 1.13.0+ or 2.0.0-alpha-4+, or e…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Shiro — versions 2.0.0
Apache Software Foundation Shiro — versions 0, 2.0.0-alpha-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46749?: CVE-2023-46749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Shiro, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-46749?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46749 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.