# CVE-2024-0522: Allegro RomPager HTTP POST Request cross-site request forgery

> Attackers can perform unauthorized actions via CSRF in Allegro RomPager, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pjp9-hrh2-gxrv

## What is CVE-2024-0522?

CVE-2024-0522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Allegro RomPager, published on 14 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Allegro RomPager 4.01. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file usertable.htm?action=delete of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument username leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 4.30 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250692. NOTE: The vendor explains that this is a very old issue that got fixed 20 years ago but without a public disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0522?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Allegrosoft Rompager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0522?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0522 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Allegro RomPager

- [CVE-2014-9222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9222/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-9223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9223/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-6786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6786/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0522 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Allegro RomPager, published on 14 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Allegro RomPager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0522/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0522
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0522
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0522

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0522/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.