Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-43975
CVE-2026-43975
Description
FolderUploadsFileManager in Apache Wicket does not validate or sanitize the uploadFieldId parameter or the clientFileName before constructing file paths, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended upload directory or read files from arbitrary locations on the server.
This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.17.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.22.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.8.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected products
2Patches
172470983f689Sanitize file upload data (#1432)
2 files changed · +158 −4
wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/upload/resource/FolderUploadsFileManager.java+62 −4 modified@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; +import java.io.InputStream; import java.nio.file.Files; +import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException; +import java.nio.file.Path; import org.apache.wicket.WicketRuntimeException; import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.upload.FileUpload; import org.apache.wicket.util.file.File; @@ -60,14 +63,62 @@ public File getFolder() { return folder; } + /** + * Returns the canonical path for a directory for use in path traversal checks. + * Uses {@code toRealPath()} when the directory exists; falls back to + * {@code toAbsolutePath().normalize()} only when the directory does not yet exist + * (e.g. an upload sub-folder that will be created during {@link #save}). + * Other {@link IOException} subtypes (e.g. permission errors) are intentionally + * re-thrown so they are not silently swallowed. + */ + private static Path getPathForComparison(java.io.File dir) throws IOException + { + try + { + return dir.toPath().toRealPath(); + } + catch (NoSuchFileException e) + { + return dir.toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize(); + } + } + + /** + * Validates {@code uploadFieldId} and {@code clientFileName} against the base folder to + * prevent path traversal, and returns the fully resolved, canonical target file. + * + * @throws SecurityException if either component would escape the base folder + */ + private java.io.File resolveTargetFile(String uploadFieldId, String clientFileName) + throws IOException + { + Path baseFolderPath = getFolder().toPath().toRealPath(); + java.io.File uploadFieldFolder = new File(getFolder(), uploadFieldId).getCanonicalFile(); + if (!uploadFieldFolder.toPath().startsWith(baseFolderPath)) + { + throw new SecurityException("Path traversal detected in uploadFieldId"); + } + java.io.File target = new File(uploadFieldFolder, clientFileName).getCanonicalFile(); + Path uploadFieldFolderPath = getPathForComparison(uploadFieldFolder); + if (!target.toPath().startsWith(uploadFieldFolderPath)) + { + throw new SecurityException("Path traversal detected in client filename"); + } + return target; + } + @Override public void save(FileUpload fileItem, String uploadFieldId) { - File uploadFieldFolder = new File(getFolder(), uploadFieldId); - uploadFieldFolder.mkdirs(); try { - IOUtils.copy(fileItem.getInputStream(), new FileOutputStream(new File(uploadFieldFolder, fileItem.getClientFileName()))); + java.io.File target = resolveTargetFile(uploadFieldId, fileItem.getClientFileName()); + Files.createDirectories(target.toPath().getParent()); + try (InputStream in = fileItem.getInputStream(); + FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(target)) + { + IOUtils.copy(in, out); + } } catch (IOException e) { @@ -78,6 +129,13 @@ public void save(FileUpload fileItem, String uploadFieldId) @Override public File getFile(String uploadFieldId, String clientFileName) { - return new File(new File(getFolder(), uploadFieldId), clientFileName); + try + { + return new File(resolveTargetFile(uploadFieldId, clientFileName)); + } + catch (IOException e) + { + throw new WicketRuntimeException(e); + } } }
wicket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/upload/resource/FolderUploadsFileManagerTest.java+96 −0 added@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.upload.resource; + +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals; +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows; +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue; +import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock; +import static org.mockito.Mockito.when; + +import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; +import java.io.IOException; +import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets; +import java.nio.file.Files; +import java.nio.file.Path; + +import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.upload.FileUpload; +import org.apache.wicket.util.file.File; +import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; +import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir; + +class FolderUploadsFileManagerTest +{ + @TempDir + Path tempDir; + + @Test + void getFileRejectsTraversalInUploadFieldId() + { + FolderUploadsFileManager manager = new FolderUploadsFileManager(new File(tempDir.toFile())); + + assertThrows(SecurityException.class, () -> manager.getFile("../escaped", "safe.txt")); + } + + @Test + void getFileRejectsTraversalInClientFileName() + { + FolderUploadsFileManager manager = new FolderUploadsFileManager(new File(tempDir.toFile())); + + assertThrows(SecurityException.class, () -> manager.getFile("uploadField", "../../etc/passwd")); + } + + @Test + void saveRejectsTraversalInUploadFieldId() throws IOException + { + FolderUploadsFileManager manager = new FolderUploadsFileManager(new File(tempDir.toFile())); + FileUpload fileUpload = mock(FileUpload.class); + when(fileUpload.getClientFileName()).thenReturn("safe.txt"); + when(fileUpload.getInputStream()) + .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))); + + assertThrows(SecurityException.class, () -> manager.save(fileUpload, "../escaped")); + } + + @Test + void saveRejectsTraversalInClientFileName() throws IOException + { + FolderUploadsFileManager manager = new FolderUploadsFileManager(new File(tempDir.toFile())); + FileUpload fileUpload = mock(FileUpload.class); + when(fileUpload.getClientFileName()).thenReturn("../../etc/passwd"); + when(fileUpload.getInputStream()) + .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))); + + assertThrows(SecurityException.class, () -> manager.save(fileUpload, "uploadField")); + } + + @Test + void saveSucceedsWithValidUploadFieldIdAndClientFileName() throws IOException + { + FolderUploadsFileManager manager = new FolderUploadsFileManager(new File(tempDir.toFile())); + FileUpload fileUpload = mock(FileUpload.class); + when(fileUpload.getClientFileName()).thenReturn("safe.txt"); + when(fileUpload.getInputStream()) + .thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))); + + manager.save(fileUpload, "uploadField"); + + Path savedFile = tempDir.resolve("uploadField").resolve("safe.txt"); + assertTrue(Files.exists(savedFile)); + assertEquals("content", Files.readString(savedFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); + } +}
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References
6- github.com/apache/wicket/pull/1432nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gmf-p6r4-q8m6ghsaADVISORY
- lists.apache.org/thread/xp2jrdk6ppv1zcmxb4w1mk2lg1dw3hbrnvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/apache/wicket/commit/72470983f689c61e6a6c0b7388ef955f23bb1e16ghsa
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43975ghsa
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