siyuan-note SiYuan up to 3.1.15 Endpoint exportResources paths path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in siyuan-note SiYuan up to 3.1.15. Affected is an unknown function of the file /api/export/exportResources of the component Endpoint. Performing a manipulation of the argument paths results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-55658. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in siyuan-note SiYuan up to 3.1.15. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the file /api/export/exportResources of the component Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument paths 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. The summary by CVE is:

SiYuan is a personal knowledge management system. Prior to version 3.1.16, SiYuan's /api/export/exportResources endpoint is vulnerable to arbitary file read via path traversal. It is possible to manipulate the paths parameter to access and download arbitrary files from the host system by traversing the workspace directory structure. Version 3.1.16 contains a patch for the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-55658 since 12/10/2024. 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 3.1.16 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e70ed57f6e4852e2bd702671aeb8eb3a47a36d71 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 EUVD (EUVD-2024-3407). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• siyuan-note

Name

• SiYuan

Version

• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.1.7
• 3.1.8
• 3.1.9
• 3.1.10
• 3.1.11
• 3.1.12
• 3.1.13
• 3.1.14
• 3.1.15

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/

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