Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-27145copyparty renders unsanitized filenames as HTML when user uploads empty files
Low 3.6
In plain English
A low-severity cross-site scripting in copyparty from 9001. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
copyparty, a portable file server, has a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions prior to 1.16.15. The vulnerability is considered low-risk. By handing someone a maliciously-named file, and then tricking them into dragging the file into copyparty's Web-UI, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript with the same privileges as that user. For example, this could give unintended read-access to files owned by that user. The bug is triggered by the drag-drop action itself; it is not necessary to actually initiate the upload. The file must be empty (zero bytes). Note that, as a general-purpose webserver, it is intentionally possible to upload HTML-files with arbitrary javascript in `<script>` tags, which will execute when the file is opened. The difference is that this vulnerability would trigger execution of javascript during the act of uploading, and not when the uploaded file was opened. Version 1.16.15 contains a fix.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | copyparty | 1.16.15 | GHSA-m2jw-cj8v-937r |
| PyPI | copyparty | 1.16.15 | PYSEC-2026-1278 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-83, CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security/advisories/GHSA-m2jw-cj8v-937r x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/9001/copyparty/commit/438ea6ccb06f39d7cbb4b6ee7ad44606e21a63dd x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.16.15 x_refsource_MISC