CVE-2021-41950 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2021-41950?

CVE-2021-41950 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A directory traversal issue in ResourceSpace 9.6 before 9.6 rev 18277 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the ResourceSpace server via the provider and variant parameters in pages/ajax/tiles.php. Attackers can delete configuration or source code files, causing the application to become unavailable to all users.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41950?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including resourcespace. It affects 1 product.

Products include Montala Resourcespace.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-41950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-41765 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-25662 ResourceSpace 8.6 SQL Injection via watched_searches.php High 8.8
• CVE-2015-6915 SQL injection in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2015-3648 Path traversal in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2019-25693 ResourceSpace 8.6 SQL Injection via collection_edit.php High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-resourcespace-2021-41950, GHSA-7pv5-mrhh-ggxg.