CVE-2018-25059 pastebinit server.go pasteHandler path traversal
An attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the pastebinit server to read arbitrary files from the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-25059?
CVE-2018-25059 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in pastebinit, published on 30 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in pastebinit up to 0.2.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function pasteHandler of the file server.go. The manipulation of the argument r.URL.Path leads to path traversal. Upgrading to version 0.2.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 1af2facb6d95976c532b7f8f82747d454a092272. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217040.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25059?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit Go | All versions | 0.2.3 |
github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit Go | All versions | 0.2.3 |
github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit Go | All versions | 0.2.3 |
Products include Pastebinit Project Pastebinit.
How do I fix CVE-2018-25059?
Upgrade github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit to 0.2.3 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-25059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwh7-28vg-jmpr, GO-2022-1212.