advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.12.x Role-Based Access Control path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.12.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Role-Based Access Control. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-43797. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.12.x. This affects some unknown processing of the component Role-Based Access Control. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. A non-admin user is not allowed to create libraries (or access only the ones they have permission to). However, the `LibraryController` is missing the check for admin user and thus allows a path traversal issue. Allowing non-admin users to write to any directory in the system can be seen as a form of path traversal. However, since it can be restricted to only admin permissions, fixing this is relatively simple and falls more into the realm of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). This issue has been addressed in release version 2.13.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43797 since 08/16/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.13.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• advplyr

Name

• audiobookshelf

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12

Website

• Product: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/

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