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Arbitrary file write in Apache Commons Fileupload

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 5, 2024

Package

maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.3.1

Patched versions

1.3.1

Description

The DiskFileItem class in Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5.3.1; JBoss Portal 4.3 CP07, 5.2.2, and 6.0.0; and Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 28, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Nov 3, 2022
Last updated Mar 5, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(100th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2186

GHSA ID

GHSA-qx6h-9567-5fqw

Source code

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