erxes up to 1.6.1 GraphQL Mutation importHistoriesCreate path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in erxes up to 1.6.1. The affected element is the function importHistoriesCreate of the component GraphQL Mutation Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-57189. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in erxes up to 1.6.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function importHistoriesCreate of the component GraphQL Mutation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Erxes <1.6.2, an authenticated attacker can write to arbitrary files on the system using a Path Traversal vulnerability in the importHistoriesCreate GraphQL mutation handler.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-57189 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 1.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d626070a0fcd435ae29e689aca051ccfb440c2f3 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-2024-54663). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• erxes

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1

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• open-source

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

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