Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-6038 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in H2O

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
h2o
CWE-862
NVD
Published: 2023-11-16
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the h2o-3 REST API, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server with the permissions of the user running the h2o-3 instance. This issue affects the default installation and does not require user interaction. The vulnerability can be exploited by making specific GET or POST requests to the ImportFiles and ParseSetup endpoints, respectively. This issue was identified in version 3.40.0.4 of h2o-3.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
H2O
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References