Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-27410PwnDoc Arbitrary File Write to RCE using Path Traversal in backup restore as admin
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in pwndoc from pwndoc. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
PwnDoc is a penetration test reporting application. Prior to version 1.2.0, the backup restore functionality is vulnerable to path traversal in the TAR entry's name, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file on the system with their content. By overwriting an included `.js` file and restarting the container, this allows for Remote Code Execution as an administrator. The remote code execution occurs because any user with the `backups:create` and `backups:update` (only administrators by default) is able to overwrite any file on the system. Version 1.2.0 fixes the issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-23, CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/security/advisories/GHSA-mxw8-vgvx-89hx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/commit/98f284291d73d3a0b11d3181d845845c192d1080 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/routes/backup.js#L527 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/releases/tag/v1.2.0 x_refsource_MISC