# CVE-2024-12901: FoxCMS API Endpoint Site.php improper authorization

> Remote attackers can bypass authorization in FoxCMS API endpoints to perform unauthorized actions, requiring immediate attention from administrators.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c7c2-9xjm-5c75

## What is CVE-2024-12901?

CVE-2024-12901 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in FoxCMS, published on 23 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /app/api/controller/Site.php of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument password leads to improper authorization. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qianfox Foxcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FoxCMS

- [CVE-2025-45238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45238/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-45240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45240/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-51650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-51650/): File upload in n/a (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2025-11306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11306/): qianfox FoxCMS Search cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-7568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7568/): qianfox FoxCMS Video.php batchCope sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12901 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in FoxCMS, published on 23 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FoxCMS. 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-2024-12901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.