CVE-2024-39902 Tuleap's recursive permissions to document manager folder are not properly applied

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Attackers can retain edit or manage permissions on document folders despite restrictions, allowing unauthorized data modification.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2024-39902?

CVE-2024-39902 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Enalean Tuleap, published on 22 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Tuleap is an open source suite to improve management of software developments and collaboration. Prior to Tuleap Community Edition 15.10.99.128 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition 15.10-6 and 15.9-8, the checkbox "Apply same permissions to all sub-items of this folder" in the document manager permissions modal is not taken into account and always considered as unchecked. In situations where the permissions are being restricted some users might still keep, incorrectly, the possibility to edit or manage items. Only change made via the web UI are affected, changes directly made via the REST API are not impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in Tuleap Community Edition 15.10.99.128 and Tuleap Enterprise Edition 15.10-6 and 15.9-8.

Weakness: CWE-281

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39902?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Enalean Tuleap.

How do I fix CVE-2024-39902?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39902 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-39902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Enalean Tuleap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5jq5-vxmq-xrj7.

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