CVE-2023-45688 | Information leak via path traversal in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers

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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

Published: 2023-10-16 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-45688 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-45688

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-45688

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.32% 0.63% +0.31%
2 2025-11-21 0.20% 0.32% +0.11%
3 2025-11-18 0.20%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-45688

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-45688

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-45688

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
southrivertech titan_mft_server < 2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:southrivertech:titan_mft_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
southrivertech titan_sftp_server < 2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:southrivertech:titan_sftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

References for CVE-2023-45688

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