7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-7758
Browserless-Chrome Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description

This affects versions of package browserless-chrome before 1.40.2-chrome-stable. User input flowing from the workspace endpoint gets used to create a file path filePath and this is fetched and then sent back to a user. This can be escaped to fetch arbitrary files from a server.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 2, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7758 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Browserless chrome
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7758 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/browserless/chrome/blob/master/src/routes.ts%23L175
    Added Reference https://github.com/browserless/chrome/commit/848b87e5bea4f8473eea85261a5ff922d6ebd2b6
    Added Reference https://github.com/browserless/chrome/releases/tag/1.40.2-chrome-stable
    Added Reference https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERLESSCHROME-1023657
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/browserless/chrome/releases/tag/1.40.2-chrome-stable No Types Assigned https://github.com/browserless/chrome/releases/tag/1.40.2-chrome-stable Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:browserless:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:browserless:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.40.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/browserless/chrome/releases/tag/1.40.2-chrome-stable [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description This affects all versions of package browserless-chrome. User input flowing from the workspace endpoint gets used to create a file path filePath and this is fetched and then sent back to a user. This can be escaped to fetch arbitrary files from a server. This affects versions of package browserless-chrome before 1.40.2-chrome-stable. User input flowing from the workspace endpoint gets used to create a file path filePath and this is fetched and then sent back to a user. This can be escaped to fetch arbitrary files from a server.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/browserless/chrome/blob/master/src/routes.ts%23L175 No Types Assigned https://github.com/browserless/chrome/blob/master/src/routes.ts%23L175 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/browserless/chrome/commit/848b87e5bea4f8473eea85261a5ff922d6ebd2b6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/browserless/chrome/commit/848b87e5bea4f8473eea85261a5ff922d6ebd2b6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERLESSCHROME-1023657 No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERLESSCHROME-1023657 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:browserless:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.59 }} -0.98%

score

0.66577

percentile

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