CVE-2024-40464 Beego privilege escalation vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-40464?

CVE-2024-40464 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the sendMail function located in beego/core/logs/smtp.go file

Weakness: CWE-295, CWE-599

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40464?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/beego/beego/v2. It affects 1 product.

Products include Beego Beego.

How do I fix CVE-2024-40464?

Upgrade github.com/beego/beego/v2 to 2.2.1 or later.

Is CVE-2024-40464 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40464 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-31836 Path Traversal in Beego Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-31259 Access control bypass in beego Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30080 Access control bypass in Beego Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-30223 Beego allows Reflected/Stored XSS in Beego's RenderForm() Function Due to Unescaped User Input Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-40465 Beego privilege escalation vulnerability High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r6qh-j42j-pw64, GO-2024-3016.