Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Saltcorn Database Application Builder
CVE-2024-47818

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Saltcorn

Status
Saltcorn
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-47818?

Saltcorn is an extensible, open source, no-code database application builder. A logged-in user with any role can delete arbitrary files on the filesystem by calling the sync/clean_sync_dir endpoint. The dir_name POST parameter is not validated/sanitized and is used to construct the syncDir that is deleted by calling fs.rm. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.0.0-beta16 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

saltcorn < 1.0.0-beta.16

References

https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/security/advisories/...
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https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/commit/3c551261d0e23...
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https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/v1.0.0-beta.15/...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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