CVE-2024-4330 Path Traversal in parisneo/lollms-webui

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Attackers can traverse directories to view folder names via the list_personalities endpoint in lollms-webui.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-4330?

CVE-2024-4330 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in parisneo/lollms-webui, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in the parisneo/lollms-webui repository, specifically within version 9.6. The vulnerability arises due to improper handling of user-supplied input in the 'list_personalities' endpoint. By crafting a malicious HTTP request, an attacker can traverse the directory structure and view the contents of any folder, albeit limited to subfolder names only. This issue was demonstrated via a specific HTTP request that manipulated the 'category' parameter to access arbitrary directories. The vulnerability is present in the code located at the 'endpoints/lollms_advanced.py' file.

Weakness: CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4330?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including lollms. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
lollms PyPIAll versionsNone
lollms PyPIAll versionsNone
lollms PyPIAll versionsNone

Products include Lollms Lollms Web Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4330 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-2024-4330 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4330 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9p73-x86v-jw57, PYSEC-2026-1589.

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