mholt/caddy-webdav

encoded url can escape path limit

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#26 opened on Nov 5, 2021

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Description

add "..%2F" to url can get the parent of root path

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Investigate how the WebDAV handler processes URL paths, specifically to see if encoded characters like %2F are being decoded before path validation, allowing path traversal. Check the path cleaning and validation functions in the module.
Tech stack
go
Domain
backendsecurity
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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75