copyparty renders unsanitized filenames as HTML when user uploads empty files

Summary

copyparty, a portable file server, has a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions prior to 1.16.15. The vulnerability is considered low-risk. By handing someone a maliciously-named file, and then tricking them into dragging the file into copyparty's Web-UI, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript with the same privileges as that user. For example, this could give unintended read-access to files owned by that user. The bug is triggered by the drag-drop action itself; it is not necessary to actually initiate the upload. The file must be empty (zero bytes). Note that, as a general-purpose webserver, it is intentionally possible to upload HTML-files with arbitrary javascript in `<script>` tags, which will execute when the file is opened. The difference is that this vulnerability would trigger execution of javascript during the act of uploading, and not when the uploaded file was opened. Version 1.16.15 contains a fix.

Timeline

1. Feb 25, 2025, 1:36 AM UTCCVE published
2. Feb 25, 2025, 1:59 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Feb 25, 2025, 1:59 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• 9001 copyparty

  fixed in 1.16.15

• copypartyPyPI

  fixed in 1.16.15

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