CVE-2023-37461: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

July 17, 2023 (updated July 27, 2023)

Metersphere is an opensource testing framework. Files uploaded to Metersphere may define a belongType value with a relative path like ../../../../ which may cause metersphere to attempt to overwrite an existing file in the defined location or to create a new file. Attackers would be limited to overwriting files that the metersphere process has access to. This issue has been addressed in version 2.10.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

github.com/metersphere/metersphere/security/advisories/GHSA-xfr9-jgfp-fx3v
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37461

Code Behaviors & Features

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