# CVE-2024-6524: ShopXO Uploader.php server-side request forgery

> Remote attackers can exploit a server-side request forgery flaw in ShopXO's uploader to access internal resources or bypass security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c96r-38gv-grp4

## What is CVE-2024-6524?

CVE-2024-6524 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in ShopXO, published on 5 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in ShopXO up to 6.1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file extend/base/Uploader.php. The manipulation of the argument source leads to server-side request forgery. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-270367. NOTE: The original disclosure confuses CSRF with SSRF.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6524?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including shopxo/shopxo. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `shopxo/shopxo` | Packagist | All versions to 6.1.0 | None |
| `shopxo/shopxo` | Packagist | All versions to 6.1.0 | None |

Products: Shopxo Shopxo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6524?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6524 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6524 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in ShopXO

- [CVE-2025-26325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26325/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28056/): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in ShopXO (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-19778](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19778/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27817/): ShopXO RCE Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5886/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6524 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6524 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in ShopXO, published on 5 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6524 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- shopxo/shopxo (Packagist): affected all versions up to 6.1.0; no fix listed
- shopxo/shopxo (Packagist): affected all versions up to 6.1.0; no fix listed

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-2024-6524/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6524/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6524
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6524
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6524

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6524/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.