Gogs up to 0.13.0 editor.go editFilePost path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Gogs up to 0.13.0. Affected by this issue is the function editFilePost of the file internal/route/repo/editor.go. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-44625. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Gogs up to 0.13.0. This vulnerability affects the function editFilePost of the file internal/route/repo/editor.go. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Gogs <=0.13.0 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the editFilePost function of internal/route/repo/editor.go.

This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-44625 since 08/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234496 (FreeBSD : gogs -- Multiple vulnerabilities (0230343c-1908-11f0-accc-b42e991fc52e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234496). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Gogs

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13.0

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