CVE-2023-31477 — A path traversal issue was discovered on GL

A path traversal issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices before 3.216. Through the file sharing feature, it is possible to share an arbitrary directory, such as /tmp or /etc, because there is no server-side restriction to limit sharing to the USB path.

01What is this vulnerability?

A path traversal issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices before 3.216. Through the file sharing feature, it is possible to share an arbitrary directory, such as /tmp or /etc, because there is no server-side restriction to limit sharing to the USB path.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-27T17:15:44.508Z

09References

• www.gl-inet.com — https://www.gl-inet.com
• github.com — https://github.com/gl-inet/CVE-issues/blob/main/3.215/Path_Traversal.md