PwnDoc up to 1.1.x Backup Restore path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in PwnDoc up to 1.1.x. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Backup Restore Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-27413. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in PwnDoc up to 1.1.x and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Backup Restore Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-24. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PwnDoc is a penetration test reporting application. Prior to version 1.2.0, the backup restore functionality allows an administrator to import raw data into the database, including Path Traversal (`../`) sequences. This is problematic for the template update functionality as it uses the path from the database to write arbitrary content to, potentially overwriting source code to achieve Remote Code Execution. Any user with the `backups:create`, `backups:update` and `templates:update` permissions (only administrators by default) can write arbitrary content to anywhere on the filesystem. By overwriting source code, it is possible to achieve Remote Code Execution. Version 1.2.0 fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-27413 since 02/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are 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.

Upgrading to version 1.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 68aa1ea676a91e17bfb333a27571151bd07fb21d 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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• PwnDoc

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• 1.0
• 1.1

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/

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