CVE-2024-38523 Hush Line OTP issue
Attackers can bypass TOTP authentication to change security settings via CSRF or XSS, potentially taking over accounts in Hush Line.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38523?
CVE-2024-38523 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in scidsg hushline, published on 27 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Hush Line is a free and open-source, anonymous-tip-line-as-a-service for organizations or individuals. The TOTP authentication flow has multiple issues that weakens its one-time nature. Specifically, the lack of 2FA for changing security settings allows attacker with CSRF or XSS primitives to change such settings without user interaction and credentials are required. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.10.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38523?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-38523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4c38-hhxx-9mhx.