Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-27413PwnDoc Arbitrary File Write to RCE using Path Traversal in template update from backup templates.json
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 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: 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-r3vj-47cf-4672 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/commit/68aa1ea676a91e17bfb333a27571151bd07fb21d x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/models/template.js#L170-L175 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/routes/backup.js#L826-L827 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/routes/template.js#L63-L66 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/releases/tag/v1.2.0 x_refsource_MISC