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A vulnerability was found in parisneo lollms-webui up to V11. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component API Endpoint. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-8898. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in parisneo lollms-webui up to V11 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the `install` and `uninstall` API endpoints of parisneo/lollms-webui version V12 (Strawberry). This vulnerability allows attackers to create or delete directories with arbitrary paths on the system. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, which can be exploited to traverse directories outside the intended path.

It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8898 since 09/16/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6d07c8a0dd0a15cc060becc73fda9fe8e788eb23 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• parisneo

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• lollms-webui

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• V11

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/parisneo/lollms-webui/

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