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CVE-2023-40508

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40508 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting LG Simple Editor, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to delete arbitrary files. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied paths in the putCanvasDB method, enabling file deletion with SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability poses a significant risk for arbitrary file deletion, but there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or notable community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lg:simple_editor:3.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-1212
Third Party Advisory