httparty Multipart/Form-Data Request Tampering Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

httparty before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to an assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can provide a crafted filename parameter during multipart/form-data uploads which could result in attacker controlled filenames being written.

References

• https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/security/advisories/GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42
• https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/commit/cdb45a678c43e44570b4e73f84b1abeb5ec22b8e
• https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/blob/4416141d37fd71bdba4f37589ec265f55aa446ce/lib/httparty/request/body.rb#L43
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOWECZPJY6JZIA5FSBJR77KCRDXWDZDA/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LDGAVPR4KB72V4GGQCWODEAI72QZI3V/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00011.html