CVE-2023-40168 — TurboWarp is a desktop application that compiles scratch projects to JavaScript
TurboWarp is a desktop application that compiles scratch projects to JavaScript. TurboWarp Desktop versions prior to version 1.8.0 allowed a malicious project or custom extension to read arbitrary files from disk and upload them to a remote server. The only required user interact
Published
2023-08-17T19:05:18.113Z
Last modified
2024-10-01T17:52:22.984Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
TurboWarp is a desktop application that compiles scratch projects to JavaScript. TurboWarp Desktop versions prior to version 1.8.0 allowed a malicious project or custom extension to read arbitrary files from disk and upload them to a remote server. The only required user interaction is opening the sb3 file or loading the extension. The web version of TurboWarp is not affected. This bug has been…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| TurboWarp | desktop | < 1.8.0 |
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: 2023-08-17T19:05:18.113Z
- Last modified: 2024-10-01T17:52:22.984Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4p-vj7h-q82q
- github.com — https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/55e07e99b59db334d75e8f46792a1569ab08…
- github.com — https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/a62dbd7a28b41857e3b6f32443fda0527d49…
- github.com — https://github.com/TurboWarp/desktop/commit/f0f82aaf6cc8170e9da8b36953c98bfe533c…
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