Path Traversal in Open-Mss Mission Support System

CVE-2024-25123

MSS (Mission Support System) is an open source package designed for planning atmospheric research flights. In file: `index.py`, there is a method that is vulnerable to path manipulation attack. By modifying file paths, an attacker can acquire sensitive information from different resources. The `filename` variable is joined with other variables to form a file path in `_file`. However, `filename` is a route parameter that can capture path type values i.e. values including slashes (\). So it is possible for an attacker to manipulate the file being read by assigning a value containing ../ to `filename` and so the attacker may be able to gain access to other files on the host filesystem. This issue has been addressed in MSS version 8.3.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25123?
CVE-2024-25123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Mss Mission Support System, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-25123?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25123 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.