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Relative Path Traversal

CVE-2024-6433

High
7.5/10

Summary

The application zips all the files in the folder specified by the user, which allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the system by providing a crafted path. This vulnerability can be exploited by sending a request to the application with a malicious snapshot_path parameter.

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

CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published