# CVE-2023-22855: Kardex Mlog MCC 5.7.12+0-a203c2a213-master allows remote code execution.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-02-15 · Updated: 2025-03-19

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Kardex Mlog MCC 5.7.12+0-a203c2a213-master allows remote code execution. It spawns a web interface listening on port 8088. A user-controllable path is handed to a path-concatenation method (Path.Combine from .NET) without proper sanitisation. This yields the possibility of including local files, as well as remote files on SMB shares. If one provides a file with the extension .t4, it is rendered with the .NET templating engine mono/t4, which can execute code.

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## References

- https://github.com/patrickhener/CVE-2023-22855/blob/main/advisory/advisory.md
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Feb/10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171046/Kardex-Mlog-MCC-5.7.12-0-a203c2a213-master-File-Inclusion-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171689/Kardex-Mlog-MCC-5.7.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51239
- https://github.com/vianic/CVE-2023-22855

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