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External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter

CVE-2024-22049

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The package httparty prior to version 0.21.0 is vulnerable to an assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can provide a crafted filename parameter during multipart/form-data uploads which could result in attacker controlled filenames being written.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-472 - External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter

The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published