Stud.IP up to 5.0.8/5.1.6/5.2.5/5.3.3 upload_action/edit_action unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Stud.IP up to 5.0.8/5.1.6/5.2.5/5.3.3. Affected by this issue is the function upload_action/edit_action. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-50982. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Stud.IP up to 5.0.8/5.1.6/5.2.5/5.3.3. Affected is the function upload_action/edit_action. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stud.IP 5.x through 5.3.3 allows XSS with resultant upload of executable files, because upload_action and edit_action in Admin_SmileysController do not check the file extension. This leads to remote code execution with the privileges of the www-data user. The fixed versions are 5.3.4, 5.2.6, 5.1.7, and 5.0.9.

The weakness was published 01/08/2024. The advisory is shared for download at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-50982 since 12/18/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

Upgrading to version 5.0.9, 5.1.7, 5.2.6, 5.3.3 or 5.3.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-55709). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Stud.IP

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2
• 5.1.3
• 5.1.4
• 5.1.5
• 5.1.6
• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3

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