CVE-2020-15097

Path Traversal in loklak

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 2, 2021 at 05:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLoklak

Using loklak by loklak?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect loklak - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

loklak is an open-source server application which is able to collect messages from various sources, including twitter. The server contains a search index and a peer-to-peer index sharing interface. All messages are stored in an elasticsearch index. In loklak less than or equal to commit 5f48476, a path traversal vulnerability exists. Insufficient input validation in the APIs exposed by the loklak server allowed a directory traversal vulnerability. Any admin configuration and files readable by the app available on the hosted file system can be retrieved by the attacker. Furthermore, user-controlled content could be written to any admin config and files readable by the application. This has been patched in commit 50dd692. Users will need to upgrade their hosted instances of loklak to not be vulnerable to this exploit.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2020-01-22

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

9.1CRITICALGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card