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CVE-2023-29502: PTC Vuforia Studio Path Traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Before importing a project into Vuforia, a user could modify the “resourceDirectory” attribute in the appConfig.json file to be a different path.

Affected products

• PTC Vuforia Studio: before 9.9 — fixed in 9.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PTC Vuforia Studio 9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-131-13
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-131-13
• https://https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-131-13

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