# CVE-2024-31457: gin-vue-admin background arbitrary code coverage vulnerability

- Also known as: GO-2024-2702, GHSA-GV3W-M57P-3WC4
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20240409100909-b1b7427c6ea6
- Published: 2024-04-09 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- flipped-aurora gin-vue-admin: fixed in 0.0.0-20240409100909-b1b7427c6ea6
- github.com/flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin/server (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240409100909-b1b7427c6ea6

## Description

gin-vue-admin is a backstage management system based on vue and gin, which separates the front and rear of the full stack. gin-vue-admin pseudoversion 0.0.0-20240407133540-7bc7c3051067, corresponding to version 2.6.1, has a code injection vulnerability in the backend. In the Plugin System -> Plugin Template feature, an attacker can perform directory traversal by manipulating the `plugName` parameter. They can create specific folders such as `api`, `config`, `global`, `model`, `router`, `service`, and `main.go` function within the specified traversal directory. Moreover, the Go files within these folders can have arbitrary code inserted based on a specific PoC parameter. The main reason for the existence of this vulnerability is the controllability of the PlugName field within the struct. Pseudoversion 0.0.0-20240409100909-b1b7427c6ea6, corresponding to commit b1b7427c6ea6c7a027fa188c6be557f3795e732b, contains a patch for the issue. As a workaround, one may manually use a filtering method available in the GitHub Security Advisory to rectify the directory traversal problem.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on flipped-aurora gin-vue-admin, github.com/flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin/server, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20240409100909-b1b7427c6ea6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-gv3w-m57p-3wc4
- https://github.com/flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin/commit/b1b7427c6ea6c7a027fa188c6be557f3795e732b
- https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin/server?tab=versions

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