Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt Could Lead to Stored XSS and RCE

CVE-2024-5278

Summary

gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt is vulnerable to an unrestricted file upload vulnerability due to insufficient validation of uploaded file types in its /upload endpoint. Specifically, the handle_file_upload function does not sanitize or validate the file extension or content type of uploaded files, allowing attackers to upload files with arbitrary extensions, including HTML files containing XSS payloads and Python files. This vulnerability, present in the latest version as of 20240310, could lead to stored XSS attacks and potentially result in remote code execution (RCE) on the server hosting the application.

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