GHSA-3vcg-pv95-pq54
SFTPGo has stored XSS via inline parameter on public shares and user file download
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 | >= 2.2.0, < 2.7.3 | 2.7.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
## Summary
The inline query parameter on the browsable-share file download and on the authenticated user file download suppressed Content-Disposition: attachment, so an HTML file stored in a share or home directory could be served as text/html and execute in SFTPGo's web origin (stored XSS).
## Impact
Low. Exploitation requires the attacker to place the file and a victim to open the crafted link — a URL the WebClient never generates, so it requires social engineering — and the practical conditions are narrow:
- Session cookies are HttpOnly, so the cookie cannot be read by the injected script.
- Authenticated shares set their own session cookie, which overwrites the victim's WebClient cookie, no account pivot. The realistic case is a public share, or a folder shared between distinct users combined with targeted social engineering.
It is a genuine trust-boundary violation (SFTPGo emits attacker-controlled content as active HTML in its own origin), hence an advisory, but the constrained preconditions and the HttpOnly mitigation keep it Low.
## Patches
Upgrade to v2.7.3. These endpoints now always respond with Content-Disposition: attachment; the inline parameter has been removed. See the fix commit for the full technical rationale.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.