Local File Read (LFI) by Tarslip Symlink via arxiv_download() API in binary-husky/gpt_academic
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.8%
exploitation probability
0.8%top 48% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
GPT Academic version 3.83 is vulnerable to a Local File Read (LFI) vulnerability through its HotReload function. This function can download and extract tar.gz files from arxiv.org. Despite implementing protections against path traversal, the application overlooks the Tarslip triggered by symlinks. This oversight allows attackers to read arbitrary local files from the victim server.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
binary-husky · binary-husky/gpt_academic