app/controllers/upload_question_sets_controller.rb
Parameter value used in file name Open
Open
uploaded_file = File.open(params[:path])- Read upRead up
- Exclude checks
Using user input when accessing files (local or remote) will raise a warning in Brakeman.
For example
File.open("/tmp/#{cookie[:file]}")will raise an error like
Cookie value used in file name near line 4: File.open("/tmp/#{cookie[:file]}")This type of vulnerability can be used to access arbitrary files on a server (including /etc/passwd.