What is GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw?

GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw cover?

GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2022-36082. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw?

GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw?

GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw affects 1 product, including: pip/mangadex-downloader:\u003e= 1.3.0, \u003c 1.7.2.

GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fwMediumCVSS 5.3

mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 16, 2022

Last Modified

September 30, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-36082 →

📋 Description

Impact

When using file:<location> command and <location> is web URL location (http, https). mangadex-downloader will try to open and read a file in local disk if the content from online file is exist-as-a-file in victim computer

So far, the app only read the files and not execute it. But still, when someone reading your files without you knowing, it's very scary.

Proof of Concept (PoC)

https://www.mansuf.link/unauthorized-file-read-in-mangadex-downloader-cve-2022-36082/

Workarounds

Unfortunately, there is no workarounds to make it safe from this issue. But i suggest you double check the url before proceed to download or update to latest version ( >= 1.7.2)

Patches

Fixed in version 1.7.2. Commit patch: https://github.com/mansuf/mangadex-downloader/commit/439cc2825198ebc12b3310c95c39a8c7710c9b42

🎯 Affected products1

pip/mangadex-downloader:>= 1.3.0, < 1.7.2