CVE-2024-5525 Improper privilege management vulnerability in Astrotalks

High 8.3 Published Updated

A local user can gain administrator privileges without credentials, allowing unauthorized administrative actions in the Astrotalks application.

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-2024-5525?

CVE-2024-5525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Astrotalks, published on 31 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Astrotalks affecting version 10/03/2023. This vulnerability allows a local user to access the application as an administrator without any provided credentials, allowing the attacker to perform administrative actions.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5525?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Codester Astrotalks.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-5525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gggr-w4c4-8w8h.

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