Vulnerability CVE-2020-24807
Published: 2020-10-06

Description:
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The socket.io-file package through 2.0.31 for Node.js relies on client-side validation of file types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file via a modified JSON name field. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Socket.io-file project -> Socket.io-file 

 References:
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6495-8jvh-f28x
https://github.com/rico345100/socket.io-file
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1564
https://www.npmjs.com/package/socket.io-file
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