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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2022-29464

High
9.8/10

Summary

Certain WSO2 products allow unrestricted file upload with resultant remote code execution. The attacker must use a "/fileupload" endpoint with a "Content-Disposition" directory traversal sequence to reach a directory under the web root, such as a "../../../../repository/deployment/server/webapps" directory. This affects identity-carbon-auth-rest before 1.4.50 (1.4.52 vulnerable), org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.service before 1.4.50 (1.4.52 vulnerable), identity-framework before 5.20.283, org.wso2.carbon.core.services before 4.6.3-m6 and 4.7.0-x before 4.7.0-m9.

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

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