GHSA-vfmv-jfc5-pjjw
CarrierWave content-Type allowlist bypass vulnerability which possibly leads to XSS remained
Quick fix
GHSA-vfmv-jfc5-pjjw — carrierwave: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
bundle update carrierwaveDetails
### Impact The vulnerability [CVE-2023-49090](https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/security/advisories/GHSA-gxhx-g4fq-49hj) wasn't fully addressed.
This vulnerability is caused by the fact that when uploading to object storage, including Amazon S3, it is possible to set a Content-Type value that is interpreted by browsers to be different from what's allowed by `content_type_allowlist`, by providing multiple values separated by commas.
This bypassed value can be used to cause XSS.
### Patches Upgrade to [3.0.7](https://rubygems.org/gems/carrierwave/versions/3.0.7) or [2.2.6](https://rubygems.org/gems/carrierwave/versions/2.2.6).
### Workarounds Use the following monkey patch to let CarrierWave parse the Content-type by using `Marcel::MimeType.for`.
```ruby # For CarrierWave 3.x CarrierWave::SanitizedFile.class_eval do def declared_content_type @declared_content_type || if @file.respond_to?(:content_type) && @file.content_type Marcel::MimeType.for(declared_type: @file.content_type.to_s.chomp) end end end ```
```ruby # For CarrierWave 2.x CarrierWave::SanitizedFile.class_eval do def existing_content_type if @file.respond_to?(:content_type) && @file.content_type Marcel::MimeType.for(declared_type: @file.content_type.to_s.chomp) end end end ```
### References [OWASP - File Upload Cheat Sheet](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/File_Upload_Cheat_Sheet.html#content-type-validation)
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References
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/security/advisories/GHSA-vfmv-jfc5-pjjw[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29034[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/commit/25b1c800d45ef8e78dc445ebe3bd8a6e3f0a3477[WEB]
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/carrierwave/CVE-2024-29034.yml[WEB]