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GHSA-wxf3-4fvj-vqqx

Unsafe plugins can be installed via pack import by tenant admins

8.7 HighFix available

GHSA-wxf3-4fvj-vqqx is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in @saltcorn/cli, published July 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in @saltcorn/cli 0.8.8-beta.2.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.7 HighCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
Exploit chance
UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
0.8.8-beta.2@saltcorn/cli

Description

Summary

Unsafe plugins (for instance sql-list) can be installed in subdomain tenants via pack import even if unsafe plugin installation for tenants is disables

Details

I have an example https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/all_plugins It's publicly accessible (but has not so secure values except list of tenants). But using this mech one can read any data from other tenants.

Impact

All tenants of installation (i.e. saltcorn.com), can be compromised from tenant user has admin access. If an untrusted user has admin rights to a tenant instance, they will be able to install a plug-in that can access information from other tenants

Revived after 0.8.7

After patch in 0.8.7 this is not fixed completely.

Here are steps to reproduce:

  1. Publish to NPM plugin that was not approved by admin (in case of saltcorn.com) by @glutamate. I've just published this one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/saltcorn-qrcode
  2. Publish somewhere plugin store that includes plugin from previous step: https://gist.github.com/pyhedgehog/f1fd7cb13f4d0a7ccf6a965748d19bd2
  3. Add plugin store link to tenant store.
  4. Install plugin.
  5. Use it in tenant: https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/testqr_show/1

Here are logic: Unsafe plugins checked against this list: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/99fe277e497fd193bb070acd8c663aa254a9907c/packages/server/load_plugins.js#L191 But it's under control of tenant admin, not server admin. Proposed login:

const safes = getRootState().getConfig("available_plugins",[]).filter(p=>!p.unsafe).map(p=>p.location);

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
@saltcorn/cli
npm
before 0.8.8-beta.2
0.8.8-beta.2

What each source reports

GitHub Advisories Score used8.7

Unsafe plugins can be installed via pack import by tenant admins

Summary

Unsafe plugins (for instance sql-list) can be installed in subdomain tenants via pack import even if unsafe plugin installation for tenants is disables

Details

I have an example https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/all_plugins It's publicly accessible (but has not so secure values except list of tenants). But using this mech one can read any data from other tenants.

Impact

All tenants of installation (i.e. saltcorn.com), can be compromised from tenant user has admin access. If an untrusted user has admin rights to a tenant instance, they will be able to install a plug-in that can access information from other tenants

Revived after 0.8.7

After patch in 0.8.7 this is not fixed completely.

Here are steps to reproduce:

  1. Publish to NPM plugin that was not approved by admin (in case of saltcorn.com) by @glutamate. I've just published this one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/saltcorn-qrcode
  2. Publish somewhere plugin store that includes plugin from previous step: https://gist.github.com/pyhedgehog/f1fd7cb13f4d0a7ccf6a965748d19bd2
  3. Add plugin store link to tenant store.
  4. Install plugin.
  5. Use it in tenant: https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/testqr_show/1

Here are logic: Unsafe plugins checked against this list: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/99fe277e497fd193bb070acd8c663aa254a9907c/packages/server/load_plugins.js#L191 But it's under control of tenant admin, not server admin. Proposed login:

const safes = getRootState().getConfig("available_plugins",[]).filter(p=>!p.unsafe).map(p=>p.location);
Record
GHSA-wxf3-4fvj-vqqx
CVSS 3.1
8.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV8.7

Unsafe plugins can be installed via pack import by tenant admins

Summary

Unsafe plugins (for instance sql-list) can be installed in subdomain tenants via pack import even if unsafe plugin installation for tenants is disables

Details

I have an example https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/all_plugins It's publicly accessible (but has not so secure values except list of tenants). But using this mech one can read any data from other tenants.

Impact

All tenants of installation (i.e. saltcorn.com), can be compromised from tenant user has admin access. If an untrusted user has admin rights to a tenant instance, they will be able to install a plug-in that can access information from other tenants

Revived after 0.8.7

After patch in 0.8.7 this is not fixed completely.

Here are steps to reproduce:

  1. Publish to NPM plugin that was not approved by admin (in case of saltcorn.com) by @glutamate. I've just published this one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/saltcorn-qrcode
  2. Publish somewhere plugin store that includes plugin from previous step: https://gist.github.com/pyhedgehog/f1fd7cb13f4d0a7ccf6a965748d19bd2
  3. Add plugin store link to tenant store.
  4. Install plugin.
  5. Use it in tenant: https://bot20230704.saltcorn.com/view/testqr_show/1

Here are logic: Unsafe plugins checked against this list: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn/blob/99fe277e497fd193bb070acd8c663aa254a9907c/packages/server/load_plugins.js#L191 But it's under control of tenant admin, not server admin. Proposed login:

const safes = getRootState().getConfig("available_plugins",[]).filter(p=>!p.unsafe).map(p=>p.location);
Record
GHSA-wxf3-4fvj-vqqx
CVSS 3.1
8.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedGitHub Advisories, OSV

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