CVE-2024-33500 Privilege escalation in Mendix Applications using Mendix 10

High 7.4 Published Updated

Attackers with role management capabilities can elevate user privileges by guessing target role IDs in Mendix applications.

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

What is CVE-2024-33500?

CVE-2024-33500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Mendix Applications using Mendix 10, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mendix Applications using Mendix 10 (All versions < V10.11.0), Mendix Applications using Mendix 10 (V10.6) (All versions < V10.6.9), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (All versions >= V9.3.0 < V9.24.22). Affected applications could allow users with the capability to manage a role to elevate the access rights of users with that role. Successful exploitation requires to guess the id of a target role which contains the elevated access rights.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33500?

How do I fix CVE-2024-33500?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-33500 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-497q-xhqw-fw3m.

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