Medium

PsiTransfer: Violation of the integrity of file distribution

  • Disclosed: 05.04.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary The absence of restrictions on the endpoint, which allows you to create a path for uploading a file in a file distribution, allows an attacker to add arbitrary files to the distribution.

Details Vulnerable endpoint: POST /files

PoC

  1. Create a file distribution. <img width="1434" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 27 30" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/4634a6f7-6e7d-486e-9929-76156aaa1340">

  2. Go to the link address (id of the file distribution is needed by an attacker to upload files there). <img width="1426" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 27 35" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/a57c910c-69e2-4b07-985d-b0a46c69891a">

  3. Send a POST /files. As the value of the Upload-Metadata header we specify the sid parameter with the id of the file distribution obtained in the second step. In the response from the server in the Location header we get the path for uploading a new file to the file distribution. <img width="1403" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 28 09" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/8b839fb8-2c0b-432f-8503-e4c42a840056">

  4. Send a PATCH /files/{{id}} request with arbitrary content in the request body. Id is taken from the previous step. <img width="1067" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 28 51" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/c5b2acf3-fdf1-4780-8c63-61a7f19338df">

Result: <img width="1432" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 29 05" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/c49b17c8-e1d2-4894-b6e2-f50b9663fca7"> <img width="1424" alt="Снимок экрана 2024-03-17 в 21 29 15" src="https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/assets/163760990/e4a1e07d-3e77-4f61-a4e7-ceee4a5a7b8e">

Impact The vulnerability allows an attacker to influence those users who come to the file distribution after him and slip the victim files with a malicious or phishing signature.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package psitransfer < 2.2.0 2.2.0

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-434
Platform
npm
Package
psitransfer
Disclosed
05.04.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xg8v-m2mh-45m6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: psitransfer

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
4
First → latest
04.2024 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 2
  2. 2025: 1
  3. 2026: 1
  1. High · 8.1 ghsa-xphh-5v4r-r3rx < 2.3.1 2.3.1
  2. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-31454 < 2.2.0 2.2.0
  3. PsiTransfer: Violation of the integrity of file distribution this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-31453 < 2.2.0 2.2.0

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