What is CVE-2023-49960?

CVE-2023-49960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Indu-Sol Profinet-Inspektor Nt, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-49960?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Indu-Sol Profinet-Inspektor Nt

CVE-2023-49960

In Indo-Sol PROFINET-INspektor NT through 2.4.0, a path traversal vulnerability in the httpuploadd service of the firmware allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted filename parameter in requests to the /upload endpoint.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-02-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.9% 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: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.indu-sol.com/en/products/profinet/diagnostics/profinet-inspektorr-nt/ (Product)
code-white.com/public-vulnerability-list/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49960?: CVE-2023-49960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Indu-Sol Profinet-Inspektor Nt, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-49960?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.