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CVE-2023-0669

Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 03, 2023
Published Date
February 06, 2023
Last Updated
February 13, 2025
Vendor
Fortra
Product
Goanywhere MFT
Description
Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object. This issue was patched in version 7.1.2.
Tags
cisa malware ransomware nuclei_scanner metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.2 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-06 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2023-02-26 02:33:54 UTC) Source
Used in Malware
Yes (added 2023-02-10 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml#zerodayfeb1 https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/109795710941843934 https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/02/03/exploitation-of-goanywhere-mft-zero-day-vulnerability/ https://attackerkb.com/topics/mg883Nbeva/cve-2023-0669/rapid7-analysis https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607 https://duo.com/decipher/fortra-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-in-goanywhere-mft https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2023/02/06/goanywhere-forgotten.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171789/Goanywhere-Encryption-Helper-7.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2023-02-10 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/fortra_goanywhere_rce_cve_2023_0669.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:21 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0669.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

fortra_goanywhere_rce_cve_2023_0669

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2023-0669

Avento/CVE-2023-0669

Type: github • Created: 2023-04-06 03:40:03 UTC • Stars: 8

GoAnywhere MFT CVE-2023-0669 LicenseResponseServlet Deserialization Vulnerabilities Python RCE PoC(Proof of Concept)

yosef0x01/CVE-2023-0669-Analysis

Type: github • Created: 2023-02-26 02:33:54 UTC • Stars: 7

CVE analysis for CVE-2023-0669

0xf4n9x/CVE-2023-0669

Type: github • Created: 2023-02-10 13:02:55 UTC • Stars: 101

CVE-2023-0669 GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object.

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit