CVE-2024-31450

2.7 LOW
Published: April 19, 2024 Modified: October 15, 2025

Description

Owncast is an open source, self-hosted, decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server. The Owncast application exposes an administrator API at the URL /api/admin. The emoji/delete endpoint of said API allows administrators to delete custom emojis, which are saved on disk. The parameter name is taken from the JSON request and directly appended to the filepath that points to the emoji to delete. By using path traversal sequences (../), attackers with administrative privileges can exploit this endpoint to delete arbitrary files on the system, outside of the emoji directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.3.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncast/owncast/releases/tag/v0.1.3
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-277_Owncast/
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncast/owncast/blob/v0.1.2/controllers/admin/emoji.go#L63
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
https://github.com/owncast/owncast/releases/tag/v0.1.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-277_Owncast/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
2.7 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
27th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

owncast_project