CVE-2024-25108 Insufficient authorization allowing elevated access to resources in pixelfed
Insufficient authorization checks allow attackers to access administrative and moderator functions in Pixelfed, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25108?
CVE-2024-25108 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in pixelfed, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pixelfed is an open source photo sharing platform. When processing requests authorization was improperly and insufficiently checked, allowing attackers to access far more functionality than users intended, including to the administrative and moderator functionality of the Pixelfed server. This vulnerability affects every version of Pixelfed between v0.10.4 and v0.11.9, inclusive. A proof of concept of this vulnerability exists. This vulnerability affects every local user of a Pixelfed server, and can potentially affect the servers' ability to federate. Some user interaction is required to setup the conditions to be able to exercise the vulnerability, but the attacker could conduct this attack time-delayed manner, where user interaction is not actively required. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 0.11.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25108?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pixelfed/pixelfed. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pixelfed/pixelfed Packagist | From 0.10.4 | 0.11.11 |
pixelfed/pixelfed Packagist | From 0.10.4 | 0.11.11 |
Products include Pixelfed Pixelfed.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25108?
Upgrade pixelfed/pixelfed to 0.11.11 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-25108 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25108 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in pixelfed
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf.