openhab-webui up to 4.2.0 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in openhab-webui up to 4.2.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-42468. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in openhab-webui up to 4.2.0. Affected is some unknown processing. 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 confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

openHAB, a provider of open-source home automation software, has add-ons including the visualization add-on CometVisu. CometVisuServlet in versions prior to 4.2.1 is susceptible to an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. Local files on the server can be requested via HTTP GET on the CometVisuServlet. This issue may lead to information disclosure. Users should upgrade to version 4.2.1 of the CometVisu add-on of openHAB to receive a patch.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-42468 since 08/02/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 630e8525835c698cf58856aa43782d92b18087f2 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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• openhab-webui

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• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2.0

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• open-source

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