John Nunemaker httparty up to 0.20.0 Web Parameter external control of assumed-immutable web parameter

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in John Nunemaker httparty up to 0.20.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web Parameter Handler. Performing a manipulation results in external control of assumed-immutable web parameter. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-22049. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in John Nunemaker httparty up to 0.20.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Parameter Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a external control of assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-472. The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

httparty before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to an assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can provide a crafted filename parameter during multipart/form-data uploads which could result in attacker controlled filenames being written.

The weakness was published 01/04/2024 as GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-22049 since 01/04/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207889 (Debian dla-3900 : ruby-httparty - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.21.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cdb45a678c43e44570b4e73f84b1abeb5ec22b8e 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207889) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-0342). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• John Nunemaker

Name

• httparty

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20.0

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• open-source

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

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