CVE-2024-56320 GoCD vulnerable to admin privilege escalation by a malicious internal/existing authenticated user
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to admin via improper authorization in the Configuration XML UI and API.
- 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-2024-56320?
CVE-2024-56320 is a critical vulnerability in gocd, published on 3 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
GoCD is a continuous deliver server. GoCD versions prior to 24.5.0 are vulnerable to admin privilege escalation due to improper authorization of access to the admin "Configuration XML" UI feature, and its associated API. A malicious insider/existing authenticated GoCD user with an existing GoCD user account could abuse this vulnerability to access information intended only for GoCD admins, or to escalate their privileges to that of a GoCD admin in a persistent manner. it is not possible for this vulnerability to be abused prior to authentication/login. The issue is fixed in GoCD 24.5.0. GoCD users who are not able to immediate upgrade can mitigate this issue by using a reverse proxy, WAF or similar to externally block access paths with a `/go/rails/` prefix. Blocking this route causes no loss of functionality. If it is not possible to upgrade or block the above route, consider reducing the GoCD user base to more trusted set of users, including temporarily disabling use of plugins such as the guest-login-plugin, which allow limited anonymous access as a regular user account.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56320?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thoughtworks Gocd.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56320?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56320 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-56320 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56320 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in gocd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-346h-q594-rj8j.