CVE-2022-36082 mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can read local files by providing a web URL to the file command, exposing sensitive data on the user's system.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-36082?

CVE-2022-36082 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in mansuf mangadex-downloader, published on 7 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36082?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including mangadex-downloader. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
mangadex-downloader PyPIFrom 1.3.01.7.2
mangadex-downloader PyPIFrom 1.3.01.7.2
mangadex-downloader PyPIFrom 1.3.01.7.2

Products include Mangadex-Downloader Project Mangadex-Downloader.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36082?

Upgrade mangadex-downloader to 1.7.2 or later.

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

Is CVE-2022-36082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw, PYSEC-2022-264.

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