Frappe 14.10.0 - Local File Read

4.3

Medium

Discovered by 

Carlos Bello

Offensive Team, Fluid Attacks

Summary

Full name

Frappe 14.10.0 - LFR

Code name

State

Public

Release date

Nov 21, 2022

Affected product

Frappe

Affected version(s)

Version 14.10.0

Vulnerability name

Lack of data validation - Path Traversal

Remotely exploitable

Yes

CVSS v3.1 vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 base score

4.3

Exploit available

Yes

Description

Frappe version 14.10.0 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the information injected by the user in the import_file parameter.

Vulnerability

This vulnerability occurs because the application does not correctly validate the path of the import_file parameter. Thanks to this, an attacker can point to internal server files.

Evidence of exploitation

Our security policy

We have reserved the CVE-2022-41712 to refer to this issue from now on. Disclosure policy

System Information

  • Version: Frappe 14.10.0

  • Operating System: GNU/Linux

Mitigation

An updated version of Badaso is available at the vendor page.

References

Timeline

Vulnerability discovered

Oct 10, 2022

Vendor Confirmed Vuln.

Oct 11, 2022

Vulnerability patched

Oct 12, 2022

Vendor contacted

Oct 10, 2022

Vendor replied

Oct 10, 2022

Public disclosure

Nov 21, 2022

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