CVE-2023-25168 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-25168: Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings

Vendor Pterodactyl
Product wings
Weakness CWE-59
Published February 8, 2023
Last update March 10, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system. This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 8, 2023 CVE published
March 10, 2025 Record updated