GHSA-cwgg-57xj-g77r: Path Traversal

First published: Fri Nov 01 2024(Updated: )

### Summary When a WebDriver is used to fetch files source:file:///etc/passwd can be used to retrieve local system files, where the more traditional file:///etc/passwd gets blocked ### Details The root cause is the payload source:file:///etc/passwdpasses the regex [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py#L19) and also passes the check [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/processors/__init__.py#L35) where a traditional file:///etc/passwd would get blocked ### PoC [CL-ChangeDetection.io Path Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17591630/CL-ChangeDetection.io.Path.Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf) ### Impact It depends on where the webdriver is deployed but generally this is a high impact vulnerability

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