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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in formidable

CVE-2022-29622

  • formidable
  • org.webjars.npm:formidable
Medium
5.9/10

Summary

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in formidable versions prior to 3.2.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted "filename". NOTE: some third parties dispute this issue because the product has common use cases in which uploading arbitrary files is the desired behavior. Also, there are configuration options in all versions that can change the default behavior of how files are handled.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published