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2 vulnerabilities found for Next-Gen Application Firewall (NGAF) by Sangfor
CVE-2023-30804 (GCVE-0-2023-30804)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-10-10 14:21 – Updated: 2026-10-01 15:00Title
Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall Authenticated File Disclosure
Summary
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Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-19 14:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://labs.watchtowr.com/yet-more-unauth-remote… | exploittechnical-description |
| https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templa… | technical-description |
| https://vulncheck.com/advisories/sangfor-ngaf-aut… | third-party-advisory |
| https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-uu… | productx_transferred |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangfor | Next-Gen Application Firewall (NGAF) |
Affected:
8.0.17
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:sangfor:next-gen_application_firewall:8.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2023-10-05 00:00
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CVE-2023-30804 (GCVE-0-2023-30804)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 14:21 – Updated: 2026-10-01 15:00Title
Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall Authenticated File Disclosure
Summary
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Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-19 14:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
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|---|---|
| https://labs.watchtowr.com/yet-more-unauth-remote… | exploittechnical-description |
| https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templa… | technical-description |
| https://vulncheck.com/advisories/sangfor-ngaf-aut… | third-party-advisory |
| https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-uu… | productx_transferred |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sangfor | Next-Gen Application Firewall (NGAF) |
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8.0.17
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