The gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt application is vulnerable to a path traversal attack due to its use of an outdated gradio component. The application is designed to restrict user access to resources within the web_assets folder. However, the outdated version of gradio it employs is susceptible to path traversal, as identified in CVE-2023-51449. This vulnerability allows unauthorized users to bypass the intended restrictions and access sensitive files, such as config.json, which contains API keys. The issue affects the latest version of chuanhuchatgpt prior to the fixed version released on 20240305.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3234
• GaiZhenbiao/ChuanhuChatGPT@6b8f7db
• https://huntr.com/bounties/277e3ff0-5878-4809-a4b9-73cdbb70dc9f