Arbitrary File Write Affecting cesanta/mongoose package, versions [,7.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-CESANTAMONGOOSE-2404180
  • published 13 Feb 2022
  • disclosed 13 Feb 2022
  • credit Snyk Security Team

How to fix?

Upgrade cesanta/mongoose to version 7.6 or higher.

Overview

cesanta/mongoose is a networking library for C/C++. It implements event-driven non-blocking APIs for TCP, UDP, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write. The unsafe handling of file names during upload using mg_http_upload() method may enable attackers to write files to arbitrary locations outside the designated target folder.

PoC by Snyk

Based on the file-upload example.

curl -X POST --data "pwned" "http://localhost:8000/upload?name=../pwned"

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

7.5 high