[4.2.x] Fixed CVE-2023-31047, Fixed #31710 -- Prevented potential bypass of validation when uploading multiple files using one form field.

Thanks Moataz Al-Sharida and nawaik for reports.

Co-authored-by: Shai Berger <shai@platonix.com>
Co-authored-by: nessita <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/releases/3.2.19.txt

@@ -6,4 +6,18 @@ Django 3.2.19 release notes
 
 Django 3.2.19 fixes a security issue with severity "low" in 3.2.18.
 
-...
+CVE-2023-31047: Potential bypass of validation when uploading multiple files using one form field
+=================================================================================================
+
+Uploading multiple files using one form field has never been supported by
+:class:`.forms.FileField` or :class:`.forms.ImageField` as only the last
+uploaded file was validated. Unfortunately, :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`
+topic suggested otherwise.
+
+In order to avoid the vulnerability, :class:`~django.forms.ClearableFileInput`
+and :class:`~django.forms.FileInput` form widgets now raise ``ValueError`` when
+the ``multiple`` HTML attribute is set on them. To prevent the exception and
+keep the old behavior, set ``allow_multiple_selected`` to ``True``.
+
+For more details on using the new attribute and handling of multiple files
+through a single field, see :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`.

docs/releases/4.1.9.txt

@@ -6,4 +6,18 @@ Django 4.1.9 release notes
 
 Django 4.1.9 fixes a security issue with severity "low" in 4.1.8.
 
-...
+CVE-2023-31047: Potential bypass of validation when uploading multiple files using one form field
+=================================================================================================
+
+Uploading multiple files using one form field has never been supported by
+:class:`.forms.FileField` or :class:`.forms.ImageField` as only the last
+uploaded file was validated. Unfortunately, :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`
+topic suggested otherwise.
+
+In order to avoid the vulnerability, :class:`~django.forms.ClearableFileInput`
+and :class:`~django.forms.FileInput` form widgets now raise ``ValueError`` when
+the ``multiple`` HTML attribute is set on them. To prevent the exception and
+keep the old behavior, set ``allow_multiple_selected`` to ``True``.
+
+For more details on using the new attribute and handling of multiple files
+through a single field, see :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`.

docs/releases/4.2.1.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ Django 4.2.1 release notes
 Django 4.2.1 fixes a security issue with severity "low" and several bugs in
 4.2.
 
+CVE-2023-31047: Potential bypass of validation when uploading multiple files using one form field
+=================================================================================================
+
+Uploading multiple files using one form field has never been supported by
+:class:`.forms.FileField` or :class:`.forms.ImageField` as only the last
+uploaded file was validated. Unfortunately, :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`
+topic suggested otherwise.
+
+In order to avoid the vulnerability, :class:`~django.forms.ClearableFileInput`
+and :class:`~django.forms.FileInput` form widgets now raise ``ValueError`` when
+the ``multiple`` HTML attribute is set on them. To prevent the exception and
+keep the old behavior, set ``allow_multiple_selected`` to ``True``.
+
+For more details on using the new attribute and handling of multiple files
+through a single field, see :ref:`uploading_multiple_files`.
+
 Bugfixes
 ========
 

docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt

@@ -144,11 +144,27 @@ a :class:`~django.core.files.File` like object to the
             instance = ModelWithFileField(file_field=content_file)
             instance.save()
 
+.. _uploading_multiple_files:
+
 Uploading multiple files
 ------------------------
 
-If you want to upload multiple files using one form field, set the ``multiple``
-HTML attribute of field's widget:
+..
+    Tests in tests.forms_tests.field_tests.test_filefield.MultipleFileFieldTest
+    should be updated after any changes in the following snippets.
+
+If you want to upload multiple files using one form field, create a subclass
+of the field's widget and set the ``allow_multiple_selected`` attribute on it
+to ``True``.
+
+In order for such files to be all validated by your form (and have the value of
+the field include them all), you will also have to subclass ``FileField``. See
+below for an example.
+
+.. admonition:: Multiple file field
+
+    Django is likely to have a proper multiple file field support at some point
+    in the future.
 
 .. code-block:: python
     :caption: ``forms.py``
@@ -156,10 +172,26 @@ HTML attribute of field's widget:
     from django import forms
 
 
+    class MultipleFileInput(forms.ClearableFileInput):
+        allow_multiple_selected = True
+
+
+    class MultipleFileField(forms.FileField):
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            kwargs.setdefault("widget", MultipleFileInput())
+            super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        def clean(self, data, initial=None):
+            single_file_clean = super().clean
+            if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
+                result = [single_file_clean(d, initial) for d in data]
+            else:
+                result = single_file_clean(data, initial)
+            return result
+
+
     class FileFieldForm(forms.Form):
-        file_field = forms.FileField(
-            widget=forms.ClearableFileInput(attrs={"multiple": True})
-        )
+        file_field = MultipleFileField()
 
 Then override the ``post`` method of your
 :class:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormView` subclass to handle multiple file
@@ -180,14 +212,32 @@ uploads:
         def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             form_class = self.get_form_class()
             form = self.get_form(form_class)
-            files = request.FILES.getlist("file_field")
             if form.is_valid():
-                for f in files:
-                    ...  # Do something with each file.
                 return self.form_valid(form)
             else:
                 return self.form_invalid(form)
 
+        def form_valid(self, form):
+            files = form.cleaned_data["file_field"]
+            for f in files:
+                ...  # Do something with each file.
+            return super().form_valid()
+
+.. warning::
+
+   This will allow you to handle multiple files at the form level only. Be
+   aware that you cannot use it to put multiple files on a single model
+   instance (in a single field), for example, even if the custom widget is used
+   with a form field related to a model ``FileField``.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2.19
+
+   In previous versions, there was no support for the ``allow_multiple_selected``
+   class attribute, and users were advised to create the widget with the HTML
+   attribute ``multiple`` set through the ``attrs`` argument. However, this
+   caused validation of the form field to be applied only to the last file
+   submitted, which could have adverse security implications.
+
 Upload Handlers
 ===============