CVE-2024-31845

Vulnerability Description: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs - CWE-117

Software Version: 1.6.4

NIST: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31845

CVSSv3:

Severity:

Credits: Luca Carbone, Fabio Romano, Federico Draghelli, Massimiliano Brolli

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs.

Step-by-step instructions and PoC

The web application writes logs using a GET query string parameter. This parameter can be modified by an attacker, so that every action he performs is attributed to a different user. This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication.

Below are the evidences with the vulnerability details and the payloads used.

The below payload is an example. The vulnerability can be exploited using every functionality which generates a log entry in the ActivityLog page of the web application.

Security Impact

An attacker can insert fake log entries and execute malicious actions that will be attributed to other users.