# CVE-2024-13028: Antabot White-Jotter login observable response discrepancy

> Remote attackers can exploit response discrepancies in the login process to potentially enumerate valid usernames in Antabot White-Jotter.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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:** 29 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xf9-5p7p-3x45

## What is CVE-2024-13028?

CVE-2024-13028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Antabot White-Jotter, published on 29 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Antabot White-Jotter up to 0.2.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /login. The manipulation of the argument username leads to observable response discrepancy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-204 (Observable Response Discrepancy), CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13028?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Antabot White-Jotter.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13028 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13028 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Antabot White-Jotter

- [CVE-2024-57176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57176/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-13029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13029/): Antabot White-Jotter Edit Book book server-side request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-13031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13031/): Antabot White-Jotter Article Content Editor editor cross site scripting (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2024-13032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13032/): Antabot White-Jotter Article Editor editor server-side request forgery (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-8708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8708/): Deserialization in White-Jotter (low 2.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13028 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Antabot White-Jotter, published on 29 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13028 exists.

Affected product: Antabot White-Jotter. 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-2024-13028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13028/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13028
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13028
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13028

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13028/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.