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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2025-53891

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The timelineofficial/Time-Line- repository contains the source code for the TIME LINE website. A vulnerability was found in the TIME LINE website where uploaded files (instruction/message media) are not strictly validated for type and size. A user may upload renamed or oversized files that can disrupt performance or bypass restrictions. This could result in malicious file upload, denial of service, or client-side crashes. Version 1.0.5 contains a fix for the issue.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

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