GHSA-jfgp-674x-6q4pLowCVSS 4.4

Weblate vulnerable to improper sanitization of project backups

Published
July 1, 2024
Last Modified
November 18, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-39303 →

📋 Description

Impact

Weblate didn't correctly validate filenames when restoring project backup. It may be possible to gain unauthorized access to files on the server using a crafted ZIP file.

Patches

This issue has been addressed in Weblate 5.6.2 via https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/b6a7eace155fa0feaf01b4ac36165a9c5e63bfdd.

Workarounds

Do not allow project creation to untrusted users.

References

Thanks to Bryan Cahill for bringing this issue to our attention.

For more information

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🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/Weblate:>= 4.14, < 5.6.2

🔗 References (4)