Authenticated arbitrary file upload via avatar suffix
Published Jan 6, 2025 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
Unrestricted file upload in ChestnutCMS 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to write attacker-chosen files to the server. The /api/member/avatar endpoint passes the Base64 data URI to memberService.uploadAvatarByBase64, which uses its unvalidated media subtype as a filename extension and writes the decoded bytes. Any member account can therefore store HTML, JSP, executable, or other dangerous content under the avatar upload directory, although execution depends on server handling.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in ChestnutCMS 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to write attacker-chosen files to the server. The /api/member/avatar endpoint passes the Base64 data URI to memberService.uploadAvatarByBase64, which uses its unvalidated media subtype as a filename extension and writes the decoded bytes. Any member account can therefore store HTML, JSP, executable, or other dangerous content under the avatar upload directory, although execution depends on server handling.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56828
- Published
- Jan 6, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1105
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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