# CVE-2024-41290: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can potentially steal authentication data from insecurely stored cookies, leading to account takeover in FlatPress CMS.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2m84-36h6-49q2

## What is CVE-2024-41290?

CVE-2024-41290 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FlatPress CMS v1.3.1 1.3 was discovered to use insecure methods to store authentication data via the cookie's component.

Weakness: CWE-315 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Flatpress Flatpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- FlatPress CMS v1.3.1 1.3 was discovered to use insecure methods to > store authentication data (github_poc): https://github.com/paragbagul111/CVE-2024-41290

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-4606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4606/): PHP Remote File Inclusion in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-22761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22761/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4023/): Stored XSS in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-1104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1104/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0947/): Path Traversal in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41290 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-41290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.