Progress MOVEit Transfer - SQLi (CVE-2023-35708)

CVE-2023-35708 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer that allows unauthenticated attackers to submit crafted payloads and gain unauthorized access to the application's database. Exploiting this flaw could enable attackers to modify or disclose sensitive database content, potentially leading to data breaches or further compromise of the affected system.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 30th of March 2026.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2023-35708 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2023-35708 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit the /machine.aspx endpoint in MOVEit Transfer by sending specially crafted requests, often with a malicious X-IPSGW-ClientCert header, to trigger SQL injection and access or modify sensitive database content.