Headline
GHSA-cfqx-f43m-vfh7: @saltcorn/server arbitrary file and directory listing when accessing build mobile app results
Summary
A user with admin permission can read arbitrary file and directory names on the filesystem by calling the admin/build-mobile-app/result?build_dir_name= endpoint.  The build_dir_name parameter is not properly validated and it’s then used to construct the buildDir that is read. The file/directory names under the buildDir will be returned.
Details
- file: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/v1.0.0-beta.13/packages/server/routes/admin.js#L2884-L2893
 
router.get(
  "/build-mobile-app/result",
  isAdmin,
  error_catcher(async (req, res) => {
    const { build_dir_name } = req.query; // [1] source
    const rootFolder = await File.rootFolder();
    const buildDir = path.join(
      rootFolder.location,
      "mobile_app",
      build_dir_name // [2]
    );
    const files = await Promise.all(
      fs
        .readdirSync(buildDir) // [3] sink
        .map(async (outFile) => await File.from_file_on_disk(outFile, buildDir))
    );
    [...]
  })
);
PoC
- log into the application as an admin user
 - visit the following url: 
http://localhost:3000/admin/build-mobile-app/result?build_dir_name=/../../../../../../../../ 
NOTE: it’s possible to only see file and directory names but not to download their content.
Impact
Information disclosure
Recommended Mitigation
Resolve the buildDir and check if it starts with ${rootFolder.location}/mobile_app.
- GitHub Advisory Database
 - GitHub Reviewed
 - GHSA-cfqx-f43m-vfh7
 
@saltcorn/server arbitrary file and directory listing when accessing build mobile app results
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 3, 2024 in saltcorn/saltcorn • Updated Oct 3, 2024
Package
npm @saltcorn/server (npm)
Affected versions
<= 1.0.0-beta.13
Patched versions
1.0.0-beta.14
Summary
A user with admin permission can read arbitrary file and directory names on the filesystem by calling the admin/build-mobile-app/result?build_dir_name= endpoint. The build_dir_name parameter is not properly validated and it’s then used to construct the buildDir that is read. The file/directory names under the buildDir will be returned.
Details
- file: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/v1.0.0-beta.13/packages/server/routes/admin.js#L2884-L2893
 
router.get( "/build-mobile-app/result", isAdmin, error_catcher(async (req, res) => { const { build_dir_name } = req.query; // [1] source const rootFolder = await File.rootFolder(); const buildDir = path.join( rootFolder.location, "mobile_app", build_dir_name // [2] ); const files = await Promise.all( fs .readdirSync(buildDir) // [3] sink .map(async (outFile) => await File.from_file_on_disk(outFile, buildDir)) ); […] }) );
PoC
- log into the application as an admin user
 - visit the following url: http://localhost:3000/admin/build-mobile-app/result?build_dir_name=/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/
 
NOTE: it’s possible to only see file and directory names but not to download their content.
Impact
Information disclosure
Recommended Mitigation
Resolve the buildDir and check if it starts with ${rootFolder.location}/mobile_app.
References
- GHSA-cfqx-f43m-vfh7
 - saltcorn/saltcorn@81adaf7
 - https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/v1.0.0-beta.13/packages/server/routes/admin.js#L2884-L2893
 
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 3, 2024