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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2024-42640

High
9.8/10

Summary

The angular-base64-upload versions prior to 0.1.21 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via "demo/server.php". Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to upload arbitrary content to the server, which can subsequently be accessed through "demo/uploads". This leads to the execution of previously uploaded content and enables the attacker to achieve code execution on the server. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

  • 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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