CVE-2020-13450 — A directory traversal vulnerability in file upload function of Gotenberg through

A directory traversal vulnerability in file upload function of Gotenberg through 6.2.1 allows an attacker to upload and overwrite any writable files outside the intended folder. This can lead to DoS, a change to program behavior, or code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

A directory traversal vulnerability in file upload function of Gotenberg through 6.2.1 allows an attacker to upload and overwrite any writable files outside the intended folder. This can lead to DoS, a change to program behavior, or code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2021-01-07T21:17:01.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:18.299Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/thecodingmachine/gotenberg/issues/199
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160744/Gotenberg-6.2.0-Traversal-Code-Execu…