GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven, RubyGems, PyPI, NuGet

GHSA-j945-c44v-97g6 MPXJ has a Potential Path Traversal Vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2024-10-28 Modified 2024-10-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-49771
Ecosystem
Maven, RubyGems, PyPI, NuGet
Packages
net.sf.mpxj:mpxj, mpxj, net.sf.mpxj, net.sf.mpxj-for-csharp, net.sf.mpxj-for-vb, MPXJ.Net
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2024-10-28

Affected packages

• Maven net.sf.mpxj:mpxj: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • RubyGems mpxj: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • PyPI mpxj: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • NuGet net.sf.mpxj: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • NuGet net.sf.mpxj-for-csharp: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • NuGet net.sf.mpxj-for-vb: >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1 • NuGet MPXJ.Net: >= 13.0.0, < 13.5.1 → fixed in 13.5.1

Description

Impact The patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations. Patches The issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1 Workarounds Do not pass zip files to MPXJ. References N/A Credits Issue report and patch provided by yyjLF and sprinkle

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-49771 MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References