Vulnerability in lollms-webui Allows Path Traversal and Code Execution

CVE-2024-6971

What is CVE-2024-6971?

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the parisneo/lollms-webui repository, specifically in the lollms_file_system.py file. The functions add_rag_database, toggle_mount_rag_database, and vectorize_folder do not implement security measures such as sanitize_path_from_endpoint or sanitize_path. This allows an attacker to perform vectorize operations on .sqlite files in any directory on the victim's computer, potentially installing multiple packages and causing a crash.

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