File Type Restriction Bypass Affecting socket.io-file package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.85% (83rd
percentile)
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- published 4 Oct 2020
- disclosed 2 Oct 2020
- credit Cr0wTom
Introduced: 2 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-24807 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for socket.io-file.
Overview
socket.io-file is a File uploader module for Socket.io
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to File Type Restriction Bypass. The validation for valid file types only happens on the client-side, which allows an attacker to intercept the Websocket request post-validation and alter the name value to upload any file types.
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version 3.1