# CVE-2024-45788: No Rate Limiting Vulnerability

> An authenticated attacker can flood OTP requests due to missing rate limiting, causing denial of service on the mutual fund distribution platform.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-852g-3f6p-43mm

## What is CVE-2024-45788?

CVE-2024-45788 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Reedos Software Solutions Mutual Fund Distribution Product (aiM-Star), published on 11 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability exists in Reedos aiM-Star version 2.0.1 due to missing rate limiting on OTP requests in certain API endpoints. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple OTP request through vulnerable API endpoints which could lead to the OTP bombing/flooding on the targeted system.

Weakness: CWE-799 (Improper Control of Interaction Frequency)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45788?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Reedos Aim-Star.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45788?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45788 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Reedos Software Solutions Mutual Fund Distribution Product (aiM-Star)

- [CVE-2024-45790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45790/): User Enumeration vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-45786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45786/): Improper Authorization Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-45787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45787/): Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-45789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45789/): Parameter Tampering Vulnerability (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45788 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45788 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Reedos Software Solutions Mutual Fund Distribution Product (aiM-Star), published on 11 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Reedos Software Solutions Mutual Fund Distribution Product (aiM-Star). 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-2024-45788/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45788/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45788
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45788
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45788

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45788/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.