# CVE-2024-51447: Information disclosure in Polarion V2310

> An unauthenticated attacker can distinguish valid from invalid usernames via response discrepancies, aiding targeted attacks against Siemens Polarion.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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:** 13 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xw86-q236-p57v

## What is CVE-2024-51447?

CVE-2024-51447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Polarion V2310, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion V2310 (All versions), Polarion V2404 (All versions < V2404.2). The login implementation of the affected application contains an observable response discrepancy vulnerability when validating usernames. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to distinguish between valid and invalid usernames.

Weakness: CWE-204 (Observable Response Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51447?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Polarion Alm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-51447?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51447 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens Polarion V2310

- [CVE-2023-50236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50236/): Privilege escalation in Polarion ALM (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-23813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23813/): Missing authorization in Polarion ALM (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-51444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51444/): SQL injection in Polarion V2310 (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-51445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51445/): XML external entity in Polarion V2310 (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-44478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44478/): Cross-site scripting in Polarion ALM (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51447 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Polarion V2310, published on 13 May 2025. 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-2024-51447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens Polarion V2310. 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-2024-51447/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51447/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51447
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51447
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51447

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