# CVE-2024-24552: Bludit is Vulnerable to Session Fixation

> Attackers can hijack user sessions by tricking victims into using attacker-controlled session IDs, leading to unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7pcp-vq94-mvr5

## What is CVE-2024-24552?

CVE-2024-24552 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Bludit, published on 24 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A session fixation vulnerability in Bludit allows an attacker to bypass the server's authentication if they can trick an administrator or any other user into authorizing a session ID of their choosing.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24552?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bludit Bludit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bludit

- [CVE-2020-18879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-18879/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-20495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-20495/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-18190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-18190/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-24550](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24550/): Bludit - Remote Code Execution (RCE) through File API (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2024-24551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24551/): Bludit - Remote Code Execution (RCE) through Image API (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24552 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24552 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Bludit, published on 24 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bludit. 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-2024-24552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24552/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24552

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24552/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.