{"id":"CVE-2023-4760","aliases":["EUVD-2023-54607","GHSA-7ch5-jhg9-j5p5"],"status":"published","title":"Remote Code Execution in Eclipse RAP on Windows","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0125,"percentile":0.69598,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-23"],"published":"2023-09-21T07:35:35Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08Z","products":[{"vendor":"eclipse","product":"remote_application_platform"},{"vendor":"eclipse foundation","product":"eclipse rap"}],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/160","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/eclipse-rap/org.eclipse.rap/pull/141","tags":["x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4760","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ch5-jhg9-j5p5"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4760.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-4760","title":"Remote Code Execution in Eclipse RAP on Windows","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-09-21T07:35:35.79Z","modified":"2024-09-24T16:26:06.907Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-23"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:30.116696Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-54607","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-09-21T07:35:35Z","modified":"2024-09-24T16:26:06Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:28:15.323597Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7ch5-jhg9-j5p5","title":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible...","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-09-21T09:30:19Z","modified":"2024-04-04T07:47:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:56:54.849147Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-4760","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-09-21T08:15:09.403Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:38:32.44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-23"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:29.595868Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-4760","title":"Remote Code Execution in Eclipse RAP on Windows","description":"In Eclipse RAP versions from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.25.0, Remote Code Execution is possible on Windows when using the FileUpload component.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe reason for this is a not completely secure extraction of the file name in the FileUploadProcessor.stripFileName(String name) method. As soon as this finds a / in the path, everything before it is removed, but potentially \\ (backslashes) coming further back are kept.\n\nFor example, a file name such as /..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war can be used to upload a file to a Tomcat server under Windows, which is then saved as ..\\..\\webapps\\shell.war in its webapps directory and can then be executed.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-09-21T07:35:35.79Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08.314509431Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-23"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:34.287121Z"}]}}