🛡️ CVE-2023-40499
🔴 CVSS 9.1 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
9.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

LG Simple Editor mkdir Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of LG Simple Editor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the mkdir command implemented in the makeDetailContent method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19926.

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-04-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
simple-editor — —

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