CVE-2023-45688
Information leak via path traversal in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Linux allows an authenticated attacker to get the size of an arbitrary file on the filesystem using path traversal in the ftp "SIZE" command
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Linux allows an authenticated attacker to get the size of an arbitrary file on the filesystem using path traversal in the ftp "SIZE" command
- Record
CVE-2023-45688- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Information leak via path traversal in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Linux allows an authenticated attacker to get the size of an arbitrary file on the filesystem using path traversal in the ftp "SIZE" command
- Record
CVE-2023-45688- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-49977
0.0
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Linux allows an authenticated attacker to get the size of an arbitrary file on the filesystem using path traversal in the ftp "SIZE" command
- Record
EUVD-2023-49977- CVSS
- 0.0 None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpx5-mhrx-64h5
4.3
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers...
Lack of sufficient path validation in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Linux allows an authenticated attacker to get the size of an arbitrary file on the filesystem using path traversal in the ftp "SIZE" command
- Record
GHSA-vpx5-mhrx-64h5- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-45688 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in South River Technologies Titan Mft, published October 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/10/16/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-south-river-technologies-titan-mft-and-titan-sftp-fixed
helpdesk.southrivertech.com/portal/en/kb/articles/security-patch-for-issues-cve-2023-45685-through-cve-2023-45690
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45688
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpx5-mhrx-64h5