# CVE-2024-5174: Broken Authentication in Gliffy

> Broken authentication in Gliffy's reset functionality allows attackers to bypass login controls and potentially take over user accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hv9g-xmv8-5frh

## What is CVE-2024-5174?

CVE-2024-5174 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Gliffy Online, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw in Gliffy results in broken authentication through the reset functionality of the application.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5174?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-5174?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5174 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Gliffy Online, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Gliffy Online. 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-2024-5174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5174/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5174

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5174/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.