Description
BookStack before 26.05.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated API users with image-update or image-delete permissions to manipulate other users' avatars by exploiting missing content-type restrictions in the Image Gallery API endpoints. Attackers can supply a user avatar's ID to the API controller, which loads any image type without the web controller's gallery and drawio restrictions, and when the avatar's uploaded_to field matches a page ID accessible to the attacker, the authorization check passes allowing the attacker to rename, replace, or delete the target user's avatar without requiring user-management permission.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BookStackApp | BookStack | < 26.05.4 | 26.05.4 |
References
- Maintainer Blog vendor-advisory
- Codeberg Release Notes release-notes
- BookStack v26.05.4 Release Notes release-notes
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bookstack-broken-access-control-via-image-gallery-api third-party-advisory