CVE-2020-13449 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Markdown engine of Gotenberg through 6.2.1 allows an attacker to read any container files.

Published: 2021-01-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thecodingmachine:gotenberg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-5702	A directory traversal vulnerability in the Markdown engine of Gotenberg through 6.2.1 allows an attacker to read any container files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04936.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160744/Gotenberg-6.2.0-Traversal-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html
https://github.com/thecodingmachine/gotenberg/issues/199

History

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Thecodingmachine Gotenberg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-07T21:17:06.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:18:18.331Z

Reserved: 2020-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-13449

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-07T22:15:10.817

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:53:09.683

Link: CVE-2020-13449

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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