arc53 DocsGPT up to 0.8.0 routes.py path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in arc53 DocsGPT up to 0.8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file routes.py. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-31451. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in arc53 DocsGPT up to 0.8.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file routes.py. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

DocsGPT is a GPT-powered chat for documentation. DocsGPT is vulnerable to unauthenticated limited file write in routes.py. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-31451 since 04/03/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d36f58230a326ecacb9c32a4ae8eac65666044f2 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.

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• arc53

Name

• DocsGPT

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8.0

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT/

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