# CVE-2024-5547: Directory Traversal in stitionai/devika

> Attackers can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the PDF download endpoint to access arbitrary files, potentially exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g447-v446-74c4

## What is CVE-2024-5547?

CVE-2024-5547 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in stitionai/devika, published on 27 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the /api/download-project-pdf endpoint of the stitionai/devika repository, affecting the latest version. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient sanitization of the 'project_name' parameter in the download_project_pdf function. Attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 'project_name' parameter in a GET request to traverse the directory structure and download arbitrary PDF files from the system. This issue allows attackers to access sensitive information that could be stored in PDF format outside the intended directory.

Weakness: CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5547?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Stitionai Devika.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5547?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5547 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5547 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5547 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in stitionai/devika

- [CVE-2024-40422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40422/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-5926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5926/): Path Traversal in stitionai/devika (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-5549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5549/): Data leak through CORS misconfiguration in stitionai/devika (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-5711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5711/): Stored XSS in stitionai/devika (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-5712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5712/): CSRF Vulnerability in stitionai/devika (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5547 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5547 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in stitionai/devika, published on 27 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5547 exists.

Affected product: stitionai/devika. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5547/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5547/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5547
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5547
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5547

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5547/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.