Check Point Advisories

LG Simple Editor copyStickerContent Directory Traversal (CVE-2023-40496)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-0813
Date Published: 29 Oct 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 29 October, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-40496
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? LG Simple Editor .
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in LG Simple Editor. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when handling the copyStickerContent command.Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could result in sensitive information disclosure and overwriting of arbitrary files in the context of SYSTEM.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the LG Simple Editor copyStickerContent Directory Traversal (CVE-2023-40496) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  LG Simple Editor copyStickerContent Directory Traversal (CVE-2023-40496)

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