CVE-2024-56949 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56949 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-56949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-56949 exists.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-56949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56949/index.md)
Attackers can access sensitive user information in the University Search iOS app by supplying a crafted link.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-56949?
CVE-2024-56949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue in Guangzhou Polar Future Culture Technology Co., Ltd University Search iOS 2.27.0 allows attackers to access sensitive user information via supplying a crafted link.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56949?
How do I fix CVE-2024-56949?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-56949 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-56949 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9w2g-9v3r-27rp.