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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2023-25152 json

Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings

published 2023-02-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5 , GO-2023-1542 , EUVD-2023-0756

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

### Workarounds

None at this time.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/pterodactyl/wings 1.7.3, 1.11.3
  • pterodactyl wings 1.7.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/pterodactyl/wings
<1.7.3
>=1.11.0, <1.11.3
1.7.3
1.11.3

Affected products

  • pterodactyl wings

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

Sources

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