GHSA-j945-c44v-97g6
MPXJ has a Potential Path Traversal Vulnerability
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | net.sf.mpxj:mpxj | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| RubyGems | mpxj | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| PyPI | mpxj | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| NuGet | net.sf.mpxj | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| NuGet | net.sf.mpxj-for-csharp | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| NuGet | net.sf.mpxj-for-vb | >= 8.3.5, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
| NuGet | MPXJ.Net | >= 13.0.0, < 13.5.1 | 13.5.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
The patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations.
### Patches
The issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1
### Workarounds
Do not pass zip files to MPXJ.
### References
N/A
### Credits
Issue report and patch provided by yyjLF and sprinkle
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/security/advisories/GHSA-j945-c44v-97g6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49771
- https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/commit/8002802890dfdc8bc74259f37e053e15b827eea0
- https://github.com/joniles/mpxj
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mpxj/CVE-2024-49771.yml