pysec - pysec-2023-41

pysec-2023-41

Vulnerability from pysec

Published

2023-04-20 21:15

Modified

2023-05-04 03:49

Details

pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.

Impacted products

Name	purl
pretalx	pkg:pypi/pretalx

Aliases

CVE-2023-28459

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  "affected": [
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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pretalx",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/pretalx"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx",
          "type": "GIT"
        },
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "2.3.1"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "2.3.1"
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-28459"
  ],
  "details": "pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2023-41",
  "modified": "2023-05-04T03:49:47.257209Z",
  "published": "2023-04-20T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2023-28459 (GCVE-0-2023-28459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-04-20 00:00

Modified

2025-02-05 16:14

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

n/a

Summary

pretalx 2.3.1 before 2.3.2 allows path traversal in HTML export (a non-default feature). Users were able to upload crafted HTML documents that trigger the reading of arbitrary files.

References

URL

Tags

	https://pretalx.com/p/news/security-release-232/
	https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/commit/60722c43cf975f319e94102e6bff320723776890
	https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/releases/tag/v2.3.2
	https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/pretalx-vulnerabilities-how-to-get-accepted-at-every-conference/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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