THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-25623
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-25623

Erlang\/Otp vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to read arbitrary files, if httpd in the inets application is used.
Affected vendor
Erlang
Affected product
Erlang\/Otp
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-10-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-25623

  • Confirm whether Erlang Erlang\/Otp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-25623.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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