CVE-2023-0669Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 100.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 10 Feb 2023
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 10 Feb 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 Mar 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 10 Feb 2023.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Unsafe Deserialization RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/fortra_goanywhere_rce_cve_2023_0669Rank excellentdisclosed 1 Feb 2023
Nuclei templates1 template
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0669.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Goanywhere Encryption helper 7.1.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51339webapps, javapublished 8 Apr 2023Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By rapid7
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 7.1.1
References
References9
- https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml#zerodayfeb1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/109795710941843934 (opens in a new tab)media-coveragex_transferred
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/02/03/exploitation-of-goanywhere-mft-zero-day-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/mg883Nbeva/cve-2023-0669/rapid7-analysis (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17607 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://duo.com/decipher/fortra-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-in-goanywhere-mft (opens in a new tab)media-coveragex_transferred
- https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2023/02/06/goanywhere-forgotten.html (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171789/Goanywhere-Encryption-Helper-7.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-0669 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-0644 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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