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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2023-40980

Severity High
Score 9.8/10

Summary

File Upload vulnerability in DWSurvey DWSurvey-OSS v.3.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the saveimage method and savveFile in the action/UploadAction.java file.

  • 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