Local file inclusion

Description

The application allows to read or execute files located on the server through relative paths manipulation in the input fields.

Impact

• Visualize the content of sensitive files stored on the server.
• Get sensitive data.
• Read system files.

Recommendation

• Validate that the parameters received by the application do not contain relative paths.
• Disable insecure functions that allow reading of arbitrary files on the server.

Threat

Unauthorized attacker from local network.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 120 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Scope: C
• Confidentiality: H
• Integrity: N
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: X
• Remediation level: X
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 8.6
  • Temporal: 8.6
• Severity:
  • Base: High
  • Temporal: High

Requirements

• 173.Discard unsafe inputs
• 176.Restrict system objects

Fixes

• Scala
• C-Sharp
• TypeScript
• Python
• Java
• Ruby
• Elixir
• PHP
• Go

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