# CVE-2024-7048: IDOR in open-webui/open-webui

> A lower-privileged user can access and overwrite admin-managed files in Open WebUI, compromising data integrity and availability.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 10 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f378-qx8v-c7cf

## What is CVE-2024-7048?

CVE-2024-7048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 10 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In version v0.3.8 of open-webui, an improper privilege management vulnerability exists in the API endpoints GET /api/v1/documents/ and POST /rag/api/v1/doc. This vulnerability allows a lower-privileged user to access and overwrite files managed by a higher-privileged admin. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can view metadata of files uploaded by an admin and overwrite these files, compromising the integrity and availability of the RAG models.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7048?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openwebui Open Webui.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7048 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7048 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openwebui Open Webui

- [CVE-2026-44551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44551/): Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-56400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56400/): open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-8017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8017/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-45672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45672/): Open WebUI: Jupyter code execution works despite `ENABLE_CODE_EXECUTION=false` — feature gate bypassed (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-87995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87995/): Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 10 Oct 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-2024-7048 exists.

Affected product: Openwebui Open Webui. 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-2024-7048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.