Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
Critical

Ability to DoS the testing infrastructure by overwriting files

Type: advisorySources: OSV

TestingPlatform is a testing platform for Internet Security Standards. Prior to version 2.1.1, user input is not filtered correctly. Nmap options are accepted. In this particular case, the option to create log files is accepted in addition to a host name (and even without). A log file is created at the location specified. These files are created as root. If the file exists, the existing file is being rendered useless. This can result in denial of service. Additionally, input for scanning can be any CIDR blocks passed to nmap. An attacker can scan 0.0.0.0/0 or even local networks. Version 2.1.1 contains a patch for this issue.

Products
Not specified
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2023-48310
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 17:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Ability to DoS the testing infrastructure by overwriting files

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Nov 2023, 23:07 UTC

TestingPlatform is a testing platform for Internet Security Standards. Prior to version 2.1.1, user input is not filtered correctly. Nmap options are accepted. In this particular case, the option to create log files is accepted in addition to a host name (and even without). A log file is created at the location specified. These files are created as root. If the file exists, the existing file is being rendered useless. This can result in denial of service. Additionally, input for scanning can be any CIDR blocks passed to nmap. An attacker can scan 0.0.0.0/0 or even local networks. Version 2.1.1 contains a patch for this issue.

osv:CVE-2023-48310
Complete source record
{
  "id": "bc4072b8008d9a943bb4c7c5f52f24af821a96935cb3dda53108300d24d111e9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48310",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Ability to DoS the testing infrastructure by overwriting files",
    "summary": "TestingPlatform is a testing platform for Internet Security Standards. Prior to version 2.1.1, user input is not filtered correctly. Nmap options are accepted. In this particular case, the option to create log files is accepted in addition to a host name (and even without). A log file is created at the location specified. These files are created as root. If the file exists, the existing file is being rendered useless. This can result in denial of service. Additionally, input for scanning can be any CIDR blocks passed to nmap. An attacker can scan 0.0.0.0/0 or even local networks. Version 2.1.1 contains a patch for this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-48310",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-48310",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-48310"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/nc3-lu/testingplatform",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7714c2fb9a376a4e03048d55a0e27c6b7dfa936c"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7b3e7ca869a4845aa7445f874c22c5929315c3a7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nc3:testing_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "7b3e7ca869a4845aa7445f874c22c5929315c3a7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "7714c2fb9a376a4e03048d55a0e27c6b7dfa936c"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.1.1"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.0.7",
            "v1.0.4",
            "v1.0.3",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0",
            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-48310.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.047314956Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/NC3-LU/TestingPlatform/releases/tag/v2.1.1",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48310.json",
        "https://github.com/NC3-LU/TestingPlatform/security/advisories/GHSA-9fhc-f3mr-w6h6",
        "https://github.com/NC3-LU/TestingPlatform/security/advisories/GHSA-mmpf-rw6c-67mm",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48310",
        "https://github.com/NC3-LU/TestingPlatform/commit/7b3e7ca869a4845aa7445f874c22c5929315c3a7"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-20"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48310.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-48310",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 498003,
  "published_at": "2023-11-20T23:07:13.72+00:00"
}