# CVE-2024-4692: Multiple missing permission checks

> Users with Overall/Read permission can enumerate Service Virtualization server names due to missing permission checks in OpenText Application Automation Tools.

- **Severity:** Low 1.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/RE:L/U:Clear`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxhw-gx89-g9ch

## What is CVE-2024-4692?

CVE-2024-4692 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in OpenText OpenText Application Automation Tools allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

Multiple missing permission checks - Service Virtualization config has been discovered in in OpenText Application Automation Tools. The vulnerability could allow users with Overall/Read permission to enumerate Service Virtualization server names.

This issue affects OpenText Application Automation Tools: 24.1.0 and below.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4692?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Application Automation Tools.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4692 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenText Application Automation Tools

- [CVE-2021-22511](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22511/): SSL/TLS certificate validation unconditionally disabled by Jenkins Micro Focus Application Automation Tools Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-22512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22512/): CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Micro Focus Application Automation Tools Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-22513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22513/): Missing permission checks in Micro Focus Application Automation Tools Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-22510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22510/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in Jenkins Micro Focus Application Automation Tools Plugin (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-4184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4184/): Multiple XXE sinks in ALM archive post-build step in OpenText Application Automation Tools (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4692 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4692 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenText Application Automation Tools, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText Application Automation Tools. 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-2024-4692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4692
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4692
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4692

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.