weblateorg/weblate · Security
Weblate vulnerable to improper sanitization of project backups
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-jfgp-674x-6q4p
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-39303
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 4.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 4.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 2.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Description
Impact
Weblate didn't correctly validate filenames when restoring project backup. It may be possible to gain unauthorized access to files on the server using a crafted ZIP file.
Patches
This issue has been addressed in Weblate 5.6.2 via https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/b6a7eace155fa0feaf01b4ac36165a9c5e63bfdd.
Workarounds
Do not allow project creation to untrusted users.
References
Thanks to Bryan Cahill for bringing this issue to our attention.
For more information
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CWEs
- CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path