Contao affected by directory traversal in the file selector widget

CVE-2024-45604 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

Back end users can list files outside their file mounts or the document root in the FileSelector widget.

Patches

Update to Contao 4.13.49.

Workarounds

None.

References

https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in contao/contao.

Credits

Thanks to Jakob Steeg from usd AG for reporting this vulnerability.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2024-09-17 14:58:45 UTC
Updated
2024-09-17 22:27:57 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-09-17 14:58:45 UTC
NVD published
2024-09-17

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.75% 72.64%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
4.3 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
5.3 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9 ↗
CVE CVE-2024-45604 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Credits

  • usdResponsibleDisclosure (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
composer contao/core-bundle < 4.13.49 4.13.49 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence