Path Traversal in FileGator
Date: 2022-05
Affected: composer/filegator/filegator
Attack vector: path-traversal
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2022-1850
CWE: CWE-22
CVSS: 5.4 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Path Traversal in FileGator prior to 7.8.0 for non-admin users. Files created with `..\` as part of their name will be interpreted as a path. Users are thus able to add filesystem entries outside the scope of their user to their dashboard and subsequently are able to modify those files.


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