Arbitrary File Upload Affecting express-fileupload package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-EXPRESSFILEUPLOAD-2635946
  • published 1 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 13 Apr 2022
  • credit Harun Öz

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for express-fileupload.

Overview

express-fileupload is a file upload middleware for express that wraps around busboy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload when it is possible for attackers to upload multiple files with the same name, causing an overwrite of files in the web application server.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high