# CVE-2024-7480: Improper access control in Avaya Aura System Manager

> Administrative CLI users can read arbitrary files on the system, exposing sensitive data in Avaya Aura System Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2hrx-xx6v-c3v2

## What is CVE-2024-7480?

CVE-2024-7480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avaya Aura System Manager, published on 8 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An Improper access control vulnerability was found in Avaya Aura System Manager which could allow a command-line interface (CLI) user with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files on the system. Affected versions include 10.1.x.x and 10.2.x.x. Versions prior to 10.1 are end of manufacturer support.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7480?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Aura System Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya Aura System Manager

- [CVE-2024-7477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7477/): Avaya Aura System Manager SQL injection vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-7032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7032/): Avaya WebLM Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7480 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avaya Aura System Manager, published on 8 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya Aura System Manager. 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-2024-7480/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7480/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7480
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7480
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7480

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7480/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.