# CVE-2024-13242: Swift Mailer - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2024-006

> An exposed dangerous method in the abandoned Drupal Swift Mailer module allows resource location spoofing, requiring users to remove the module.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2024-006, GHSA-hqjc-qgf5-4m63

## What is CVE-2024-13242?

CVE-2024-13242 is a critical vulnerability in Drupal Swift Mailer (abandoned), published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposed Dangerous Method or Function vulnerability in Drupal Swift Mailer allows Resource Location Spoofing.This issue affects Swift Mailer: *.*.

Weakness: CWE-749 (Exposed Dangerous Method or Function)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13242?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `drupal/swiftmailer` | Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8 | All versions | None |

Products: Swift Mailer Project Swift Mailer.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13242 is a critical vulnerability in Drupal Swift Mailer (abandoned), published on 9 Jan 2025. 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-2024-13242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Swift Mailer (abandoned). 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-2024-13242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13242/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13242

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13242/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.