Seeddms
CVE-2022-28478
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
SeedDMS 6.0.17 and 5.1.24 are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. SeedDMS 6.0.17 and 5.1.24 are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The "Remove file" functionality inside the "Log files management" menu does not sanitize user input allowing attackers with admin privileges to delete arbitrary files on the remote system. Affected products include: Seeddms.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
SeedDMS 6.0.17 and 5.1.24 are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The "Remove file" functionality inside the "Log files management" menu does not sanitize user input allowing attackers with admin privileges to delete arbitrary files on the remote system.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Weak reset token generation in SeedDMS v6.0.20 and v5.1.7 allows attackers to execute a full account takeover via a brut
SeedDMS before 5.1.11 allows Remote Command Execution (RCE) because of unvalidated file upload of PHP scripts, a differe
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in SeedDMS 6.0.29. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulne
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SeedDMS v6.0.28 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts o
The "Add category" functionality inside the "Global Keywords" menu in "SeedDMS" version 6.0.18 and 5.1.25, is prone to s
out/out.UsrMgr.php in SeedDMS before 5.1.11 allows Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the name field. Rated medium se
SeedDMS versions 6.0.18 and 5.1.25 and below are vulnerable to stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulner
SQL injection vulnerability in the "Users management" functionality in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.8
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in "op/op.UploadChunks.php" in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.8
SeedDMS 5.1.x is affected by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in out.EditFolder.php. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3),
SeedDMS 5.1.x is affected by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in out.EditDocument.php. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3)
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