CVE-2023-33188 Uncontrolled data used in content resolution

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Malicious apps can force Omni-notes to copy internal files to external storage, exposing sensitive data to other applications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-33188?

CVE-2023-33188 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in federicoiosue Omni-Notes, published on 27 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Omni-notes is an open source note-taking application for Android. The Omni-notes Android app had an insufficient path validation vulnerability when displaying the details of a note received through an externally-provided intent. The paths of the note's attachments were not properly validated, allowing malicious or compromised applications in the same device to force Omni-notes to copy files from its internal storage to its external storage directory, where they would have become accessible to any component with permission to read the external storage. Updating to the newest version (6.2.7) of Omni-notes Android fixes this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-610, CWE-441

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33188?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Omninotes Omni Notes.

How do I fix CVE-2023-33188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33188 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-2023-33188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g38r-4cf6-3v32.

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