Published:2023/01/24  Last Updated:2023/01/24

JVN#01398015
pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to directory traversal

Overview

pgAdmin 4 contains a directory traversal vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.19

Description

PostgreSQL management tool pgAdmin 4 contains a directory traversal vulnerability (CWE-22).

Impact

A user of the product may change another user's settings or alter the database.

Solution

Update the Software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
According to the developer, this vulnerability was fixed in pgAdmin 4 v6.19.

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score: 3.1
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base Score: 2.1
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Yuji Tounai of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2023-0241
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2023-000010