High 8.6 CVSS 3.1 Core Component: back office Published on 2023-08-07

Reading a file through path traversal

CVECVE-2023-39528 GHSAGHSA-hpf4-v7v2-95p2
View at the source View JSON Last modified at the source: 2026-06-17

Description

Reading a file through path traversal

Impact

displayAjaxEmailHTML method can be used to read any file on the server, potentially even outside of the project if the server is not correctly configured.

This vulnerability can be exacerbated when coupled with CWE-502, which pertains to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Such a combination could potentially lead to a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

Patches

8.1.1

Found by

Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)

Workarounds

References

Original text by NVD (NIST), public domain.

CVSS metrics 3.1

Source: security-advisories@github.com · secondary
High 8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vectorNetwork
ComplexityLow
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

References

Found a vulnerability?

Write to the PrestaShop core security team:

security-core@prestashop.com

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