# CVE-2023-40924: SolarView Compact - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2023-40924 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-40924

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** SolarView Compact
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

SolarView Compact < 6.00 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2023-40924](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40924) is a directory traversal vulnerability in SolarView Compact versions prior to 6.00. This flaw allows remote attackers to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended web root, potentially exposing confidential information and system data.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 22nd of May 2026.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2023-40924 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2023-40924 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2023-40924 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Attackers exploit the `/downloader.php` endpoint by supplying path traversal sequences and a null byte (`%00`) in the `file` parameter to access sensitive files such as `/etc/passwd`. This technique allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files from vulnerable SolarView Compact systems.

## Timeline

- 2023-09-08: CVE Published. CVE-2023-40924 is published to NVD.
- 2026-05-22: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2023-40924 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-05-27: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2023-40924 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/Yobing1/CVE-2023-40924/blob/main/README.md
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-40924.yaml

## Live exploitation data

The [Live Exploit Tracker page](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-40924) follows observed exploitation activity for CVE-2023-40924. [Request an API key](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/request-api-key) for full access to its exploitation timeline, attacking IP addresses and blocklists.