CVE-2023-6825

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Esto hace posible que los atacantes lean el contenido de archivos arbitrarios en el servidor, que pueden contener informaci\u00f3n confidencial, y cargar archivos en directorios distintos al directorio previsto para la carga de archivos. La versi\u00f3n gratuita requiere acceso de administrador para que esta vulnerabilidad sea explotable. 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