Directory traversal vulnerability in www/editor/tiny_mce/langs/language.php in eFront 3.5.x through 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to include

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• efrontlearning efront3.5.0
• efrontlearning efront3.5.1
• efrontlearning efront3.5.2
• efrontlearning efront3.5.3
• efrontlearning efront3.5.4
• efrontlearning efront3.5.5

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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.