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CVE-2023-6218: MOVEit Transfer Group Admin Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

In Progress MOVEit Transfer versions released before 2022.0.9 (14.0.9), 2022.1.10 (14.1.10), 2023.0.7 (15.0.7), a privilege escalation path associated with group administrators has been identified.  It is possible for a group administrator to elevate a group members permissions to the role of an organization administrator.

Affected products

• Progress MOVEit Transfer: through 2021.1.0; from 2022.0.0 before 2022.0.9; from 2022.1.0 before 2022.1.10; from 2023.0.0 before 2023.0.7; from 2023.1.0 before 2023.1.2 — fixed in 2022.0.9, 2022.1.10, 2023.0.7, 2023.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress MOVEit Transfer 2022.0.9, 2022.1.10, 2023.0.7, 2023.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Service-Pack-November-2023
• https://www.progress.com/moveit
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Service-Pack-November-2023
• https://www.progress.com/moveit

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