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Thumbnail Images Exposed Without Authentication

Low
jneilliii published GHSA-wh2m-m8fx-g33w Sep 22, 2025

Package

prusaslicerthumbnails (OctoPrint)

Affected versions

<= 1.1.0

Patched versions

>= 1.2.0

Description

Summary

OctoPrint-PrusaSlicerThumbnails <= 1.1.0 allows downloading OctoPrint print file preview images without authentication.

Details

The preview images are served by the plugin through the following implementation of the OctoPrint Mixin octoprint.server.http.routes:

def route_hook(self, server_routes, *args, **kwargs):
from octoprint.server.util.tornado import LargeResponseHandler, path_validation_factory
from octoprint.util import is_hidden_path
thumbnail_root_path = self._file_manager.path_on_disk("local", "") if self._settings.get_boolean(["use_uploads_folder"]) else self.get_plugin_data_folder()
return [
(r"thumbnail/(.*)", LargeResponseHandler,
{'path': thumbnail_root_path, 'as_attachment': False, 'path_validation': path_validation_factory(
lambda path: not is_hidden_path(path), status_code=404)})
]

As visible, the /thumbnail/(.*) route does not perform any authentication check.

PoC

  1. Upload a valid .gcode file (e.g., a.gcode) to OctoPrint and wait for the plugin to generate the thumbnail.
  2. Retrieve the thumbnail without authentication - e.g., open the image in an incognito/private browser tab or download it with curl without sending any session cookies.

Screenshot:
PoC screenshot

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can download thumbnail images of print files uploaded to OctoPrint if the filename is known.

Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Learn more on MITRE.

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