CVE-2024-52584 Autolab has vulnerable submission endpoints

Medium 4.9 Published 18 Nov 2024 Updated 21 Nov 2024

Course assistants can view or modify grades for submissions in classes they do not manage due to insufficient authorization checks.

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-2024-52584?

CVE-2024-52584 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Autolab, published on 18 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Autolab is a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments. There is a vulnerability in version 3.0.1 where CAs can view or edit the grade for any submission ID, even if they are not a CA for the class that has the submission. The endpoints only check that the CAs have the authorization level of a CA in the class in the endpoint, which is not necessarily the class the submission is attached to. Version 3.0.2 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52584?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Autolabproject Autolab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52584?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52584 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-52584 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rjg4-cf66-x6gr.