[Security]Add a file extension validation whitelist mapped to an allowed mimetype #262
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Hi,
There is no extension check during file upload.
This lack of validation can lead to security problems.
Let's say the configuration contains "image/png" as allowed mimetype
An evil-minded user can upload an HTML page by forging a file beginning with an image header followed by HTML code. This way the uploaded file will pass the mime-type check but will be finally uploaded as HTML file. Then we can use this file as XSS vector to execute javascript.
As recommended in this document https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Unrestricted_File_Upload, I've added an extension whitelist linked to each allowed mimetype.