# CVE-2024-7342: Baidu UEditor unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to Baidu UEditor via the uploadfile endpoint, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rr2m-vxfp-vgm4

## What is CVE-2024-7342?

CVE-2024-7342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baidu UEditor, published on 1 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Baidu UEditor 1.4.3.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file /ueditor/php/controller.php?action=uploadfile&encode=utf-8. The manipulation of the argument upfile leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-273273 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7342?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Baidu Ueditor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7342?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7342 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7342 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Baidu UEditor

- [CVE-2017-14744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14744/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-37271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37271/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-7343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7343/): Baidu UEditor cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7342 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baidu UEditor, published on 1 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7342 exists.

Affected product: Baidu UEditor. 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-2024-7342/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7342/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7342
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7342
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7342

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7342/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.