CVE-2023-45858
A NVD · · CVE-2023-45858
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 8.6
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
Beyond the plain patch information, the alert provides no evidence of active exploitation; the flaw allows reading local files and is fixed in version 23.4.88.1429.
Description
CVE-2023-45858 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor before version 23.4.88.1429. By manipulating path parameters, an attacker can access arbitrary local files on the affected system and read their contents. All installations of older versions are affected; the vendor fixed the issue with release 23.4.88.1429. The report provides no evidence of public exploit code or active exploitation in the wild. The flaw is classified as CWE-22 (Path Traversal) and affects the web interface of the monitoring product.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 86.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 86.00
- industry weight
- 1.10
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational