CVE-2023-37461: Path traversal in metersphere

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Metersphere is an opensource testing framework. Files uploaded to Metersphere may define a `belongType` value with a relative path like `../../../../` which may cause metersphere to attempt to overwrite an existing file in the defined location or to create a new file. Attackers would be limited to overwriting files that the metersphere process has access to. This issue has been addressed in version 2.10.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

metersphere: before 2.10.3 — fixed in 2.10.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: metersphere 2.10.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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