CVE-2023-6218

MOVEit Transfer Group Admin Privilege Escalation

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: November 29, 2023 at 04:14 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:50 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorMOVEit Transfer

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.7%

Description

In Progress MOVEit Transfer versions released before 2022.0.9 (14.0.9), 2022.1.10 (14.1.10), 2023.0.7 (15.0.7), a privilege escalation path associated with group administrators has been identified. It is possible for a group administrator to elevate a group members permissions to the role of an organization administrator.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MOVEit Transfer · Progress

95%

v ≤ 2021.1.02022.0.0 ≤ v < 2022.0.92022.0.0 (14.0.0) ≤ v < 2022.0.9 (14.0.9)2022.1.0 ≤ v < 2022.1.102022.1.0 (14.1.0) ≤ v < 2022.1.10 (14.1.10)2023.0.0 ≤ v < 2023.0.72023.0.0 (15.0.0) ≤ v < 2023.0.7 (15.0.7)2023.1.0 ≤ v < 2023.1.22022.0.0 (14.0.0)2022.1.0 (14.1.0)2023.0.0 (15.0.0)

Affected range stops below 2022.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2022.0.9 (14.0.9), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2022.1.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2022.1.10 (14.1.10), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2023.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2023.0.7 (15.0.7), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 2023.1.0(15.1.0) (unaffected)

Affected range stops below 2023.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Service-Pack-November-2023

References (2)

Vendor AdvisoryRelease Notes

Source: [email protected]

https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Service-Pack-November-2023

Product

Source: [email protected]

https://www.progress.com/moveit

CVSS

7.2HIGHProgressSoftware

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269

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