# CVE-2024-13042: Tsinghua Unigroup Electronic Archives Management System download.html download information disclosure

> Remote attackers can exploit a path manipulation flaw in the download function to disclose sensitive information from the archives system.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4xwp-g9pw-p63q

## What is CVE-2024-13042?

CVE-2024-13042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tsinghua Unigroup Electronic Archives Management System, published on 30 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Tsinghua Unigroup Electronic Archives Management System 3.2.210802(62532). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function download of the file /Searchnew/Subject/download.html. The manipulation of the argument path leads to information disclosure. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13042?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-13042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13042 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13042 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tsinghua Unigroup Electronic Archives Management System, published on 30 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13042 exists.

Affected product: Tsinghua Unigroup Electronic Archives Management System. 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-2024-13042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13042/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13042

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.