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PsiTransfer: Violation of the integrity of file distribution

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 5, 2024 in psi-4ward/psitransfer • Updated Apr 9, 2024

Package

npm psitransfer (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.2.0

Patched versions

2.2.0

Description

Summary
The absence of restrictions on the endpoint, which allows you to create a path for uploading a file in a file distribution, allows an attacker to add arbitrary files to the distribution.

Details
Vulnerable endpoint: POST /files

PoC

  1. Create a file distribution.

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  1. Go to the link address (id of the file distribution is needed by an attacker to upload files there).

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  1. Send a POST /files. As the value of the Upload-Metadata header we specify the sid parameter with the id of the file distribution obtained in the second step. In the response from the server in the Location header we get the path for uploading a new file to the file distribution.

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  1. Send a PATCH /files/{{id}} request with arbitrary content in the request body. Id is taken from the previous step.

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Result:
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Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to influence those users who come to the file distribution after him and slip the victim files with a malicious or phishing signature.

References

@psi-4ward psi-4ward published to psi-4ward/psitransfer Apr 5, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 5, 2024
Reviewed Apr 5, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 9, 2024
Last updated Apr 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.043%
(10th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-31453

GHSA ID

GHSA-xg8v-m2mh-45m6

Source code

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