CVE-2020-24807

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24807
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-06 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
Description** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The socket.io-file package through 2.0.31 for Node.js relies on client-side validation of file types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file via a modified JSON name field. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Socket.io-file Project Socket.io-file All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
socket.io-file - npm MISC www.npmjs.com Product, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - rico345100/socket.io-file: Socket.io-file is a node module for uploading file via Socket.io module MISC github.com Product, Third Party Advisory
Overview MISC www.npmjs.com Third Party Advisory
File restriction bypass in socket.io-file · GHSA-6495-8jvh-f28x · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982623 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for socket.io-file (GHSA-r2gr-fhmr-66c5)

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