Path Traversal Vulnerability Affects C-MOR Video Surveillance System

CVE-2024-45178

What is CVE-2024-45178?

A vulnerability has been identified in C-MOR Video Surveillance version 5.2401, allowing for path traversal attacks due to improper validation of user inputs. This weakness enables authenticated users to exploit certain functionalities to download arbitrary files from the system. Specifically, the download feature for backups via the script download-bkf.pml and the script show-movies.pml are particularly susceptible, which can lead to unauthorized access to files as the Linux user www-data. This raises significant concerns regarding the security of video surveillance data and user privacy.

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