joniles mpxj up to 13.5.0 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in joniles mpxj up to 13.5.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-49771. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in joniles mpxj up to 13.5.0. This affects an unknown code block. 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:

MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. The patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations. The issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-49771 since 10/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234792 (Oracle Primavera Unifier Unauthorized Write (Apr 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 13.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8002802890dfdc8bc74259f37e053e15b827eea0 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (234792). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• joniles

Name

• mpxj

Version

• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.4
• 13.5.0

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/joniles/mpxj/

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