CVE-2022-4772: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

December 28, 2022 (updated January 9, 2023)

A vulnerability was found in Widoco and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function unZipIt of the file src/main/java/widoco/WidocoUtils.java. The manipulation leads to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The name of the patch is f2279b76827f32190adfa9bd5229b7d5a147fa92. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216914 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jj8r-jw42-mw4w
github.com/dgarijo/Widoco/commit/f2279b76827f32190adfa9bd5229b7d5a147fa92
github.com/dgarijo/Widoco/pull/551
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4772
vuldb.com/?ctiid.216914
vuldb.com/?id.216914

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