CVE-2024-13240 Open Social - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2024-004

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can access data from common resource locations due to improper access control in the Open Social module.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-13240?

CVE-2024-13240 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Open Social, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Access Control vulnerability in Drupal Open Social allows Collect Data from Common Resource Locations.This issue affects Open Social: from 0.0.0 before 12.05.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13240?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getopensocial Open Social.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13240?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-13240 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13240 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h8j9-776h-g7wr.

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