CVE-2024-5201 Dimensions RM - Privilege Escalation
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5201 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-5201 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenText Dimensions RM, published on 23 May 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-2024-5201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenText Dimensions RM. 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-2024-5201/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5201/index.md)
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to another user's level via HTTP requests in OpenText Dimensions RM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5201?
CVE-2024-5201 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenText Dimensions RM, published on 23 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege Escalation in OpenText Dimensions RM allows an authenticated user to escalate there privilege to the privilege of another user via HTTP Request
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5201?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-5201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5201 in the wild and no public exploit code.