When a WebDriver is used to fetch files source:file:///etc/passwd can be used to retrieve local system files, where the more traditional file:///etc/passwd gets blocked
The root cause is the payload source:file:///etc/passwdpasses the regex here and also passes the check here where a traditional file:///etc/passwd would get blocked
CL-ChangeDetection.io Path Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf
It depends on where the webdriver is deployed but generally this is a high impact vulnerability
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