{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1240","summary":"changedetection.io Path Traversal","details":"### Summary\nWhen a WebDriver is used to fetch files source:file:///etc/passwd can be used to retrieve local system files, where the more traditional file:///etc/passwd gets blocked\n\n### Details\nThe root cause is the payload source:file:///etc/passwdpasses the regex [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py#L19) and also passes the check [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/processors/__init__.py#L35) where a traditional file:///etc/passwd would get blocked\n\n### PoC\n[CL-ChangeDetection.io Path Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17591630/CL-ChangeDetection.io.Path.Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf)\n\n\n\n### Impact\nIt depends on where the webdriver is deployed but generally this is a high impact vulnerability \n","aliases":["CVE-2024-51483","GHSA-cwgg-57xj-g77r"],"modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:24.623179783Z","published":"2026-07-07T14:34:43.686864Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgg-57xj-g77r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51483"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py#L19"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/processors/__init__.py#L35"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17591630/CL-ChangeDetection.io.Path.Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/changedetection-io"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwgg-57xj-g77r"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"changedetection-io","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/changedetection-io"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.47.5"}]}],"versions":["0.38.2","0.39","0.39.1","0.39.10","0.39.10.post1","0.39.10.post2","0.39.11","0.39.12","0.39.13","0.39.13.1","0.39.14","0.39.14.1","0.39.15","0.39.16","0.39.17","0.39.17.1","0.39.17.2","0.39.18","0.39.19","0.39.19.1","0.39.2","0.39.20","0.39.20.1","0.39.20.2","0.39.20.3","0.39.20.4","0.39.21","0.39.21.1","0.39.22","0.39.22.1","0.39.3","0.39.4","0.39.5","0.39.6","0.39.7","0.39.8","0.39.9","0.40.0","0.40.0.1","0.40.0.2","0.40.0.3","0.40.0.4","0.40.1.0","0.40.1.1","0.40.2","0.40.3","0.41","0.41.1","0.42","0.42.1","0.42.2","0.42.3","0.43.1","0.43.2","0.44","0.44.1","0.45","0.45.1","0.45.11","0.45.12","0.45.13","0.45.14","0.45.15","0.45.16","0.45.17","0.45.18","0.45.19","0.45.2","0.45.20","0.45.21","0.45.22","0.45.23","0.45.24","0.45.25","0.45.26","0.45.3","0.45.4","0.45.5","0.45.6","0.45.7","0.45.7.1","0.45.7.2","0.45.7.3","0.45.8","0.45.8.1","0.45.9","0.46.0","0.46.1","0.46.2","0.46.3","0.46.4","0.47.0","0.47.1","0.47.2","0.47.3","0.47.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/changedetection-io/PYSEC-2026-1240.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}