# CVE-2024-30140: HCL BigFix Compliance is affected by unvalidated redirects and forwards

> Attackers can manipulate the HOST header to cause unvalidated redirects, potentially poisoning web caches and exposing users to malicious content.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 7 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7699-wpx7-684c

## What is CVE-2024-30140?

CVE-2024-30140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Compliance, published on 7 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL BigFix Compliance is affected by unvalidated redirects and forwards.  The HOST header can be manipulated by an attacker and as a result, it can poison the web cache and provide back to users being served the page.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30140?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Compliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30140?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30140 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software BigFix Compliance

- [CVE-2021-27756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27756/): Weak cryptography in "BigFix Compliance Server" (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-30125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30125/): HCL BigFix Compliance is affected by an internal server error (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2024-42212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42212/): HCL BigFix Compliance is affected by an improper or missing SameSite attribute (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-37525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37525/): HCL BigFix Compliance is vulnerable to a sensitive information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-42213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42213/): HCL BigFix Compliance is affected by inclusion of temporary files left in the production environment (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30140 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Compliance, published on 7 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software BigFix Compliance. 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-2024-30140/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30140/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30140
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30140
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30140

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30140/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.