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TI-2020-12011 Aliases CVE-2020-15239GHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f

Directory Traversal in xmpp-http-upload

Priority LOW 21CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In xmpp-http-upload before version 0.4.0, when the GET method is attacked, attackers can read files which have a `.data` suffix and which are accompanied by a JSON file with the `.meta` suffix. This can lead to Information Disclosure and in some shared-hosting scenarios also to circumvention of authentication or other limitations on the outbound (GET) traffic. For example, in a scenario where a single server has multiple instances of the application running (with separate DATA_ROOT settings), an attacker who has knowledge about the directory structure is able to read files from any other instance to which the process has read access. If instances have individual authentication (for example, HTTP authentication via a reverse proxy, source IP based filtering) or other restrictions (such as quotas), attackers may circumvent those limits in such a scenario by using the Directory Traversal to retrieve data from the other instances. If the associated XMPP server (or anyone knowing the SECRET_KEY) is malicious, they can write files outside the DATA_ROOT. The files which are written are constrained to have the `.meta` and the `.data` suffixes; the `.meta` file will contain the JSON with the Content-Type of the original request and the `.data` file will contain the payload. The issue is patched in version 0.4.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01873 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed xmpp-http-upload (horazont): 0.4.0xmpp-http-upload (PyPI): 0.4.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
horazontxmpp-http-uploadbefore 0.4.00.4.0Patch availableCNA
—xmpp-http-upload (PyPI)before 0.4.00.4.0Patch availableGHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f
  • xmpp-http-upload Vendorhorazont Affected before 0.4.0 Fixed in 0.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • xmpp-http-upload (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.4.0 Fixed in 0.4.0 Patch available GHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xmpp-http-upload_project:xmpp-http-upload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.4.0VulnerableXmpp-http-upload Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmpp-http-upload_project:xmpp-http-upload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.4.0 Vulnerable ·Xmpp-http-upload Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA xmpp-http-upload (horazont) Fixed in 0.4.0
  • Fix · GHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f xmpp-http-upload (PyPI) Fixed in 0.4.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15239
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwv5-w8gm-fq9f

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