CVE-2020-27304

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27304
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-21 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-14 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe CivetWeb web library does not validate uploaded filepaths when running on an OS other than Windows, when using the built-in HTTP form-based file upload mechanism, via the mg_handle_form_request API. Web applications that use the file upload form handler, and use parts of the user-controlled filename in the output path, are susceptible to directory traversal

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Civetweb Project Civetweb All All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Directory Traversal Vulnerability Found in CivetWeb | JFrog MISC jfrog.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
File upload security vulnerability (in example code), CivetWeb V1.8-V1.14 MISC groups.google.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590976 Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Third-Party Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-167-09) (SSA-222547)
  • 751307 OpenSUSE Security Update for civetweb (openSUSE-SU-2021:1424-1)
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