CVE-2020-27304

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 21, 2021
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Oct 19, 2020

Description

The 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

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-23

Affected Products

Product	Versions
civetwebcivetweb_project	1.15 to before unspecifiedNot affected 1.8 to before unspecifiedAffected

References

https://jfrog.com/blog/cve-2020-27304-rce-via-directory-traversal-in-civetweb-http-server/
https://groups.google.com/g/civetweb/c/yPBxNXdGgJQ
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf

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