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CVE-2024-23649— Any authenticated user may obtain private message details from other users on the same instance

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Affected
LemmyNet lemmy
Exploitation
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Lemmy是Lemmy开源的一款用于构建社交新闻聚合器和网络论坛的自由软件。 Lemmy 0.17.0版本至0.19.1之前版本存在授权问题漏洞，该漏洞源于任何经过身份验证的用户都可以获取任意私人消息内容。

CVSS 7.5 · High EPSS 0.51% · P42

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1005 · Data from Local System
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-23649

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Any authenticated user may obtain private message details from other users on the same instance
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Starting in version 0.17.0 and prior to version 0.19.1, users can report private messages, even when they're neither sender nor recipient of the message. The API response to creating a private message report contains the private message itself, which means any user can just iterate over message ids to (loudly) obtain all private messages of an instance. A user with instance admin privileges can also abuse this if the private message is removed from the response, as they're able to see the resulting reports. Creating a private message report by POSTing to `/api/v3/private_message/report` does not validate whether the reporter is the recipient of the message. lemmy-ui does not allow the sender to report the message; the API method should likely be restricted to accessible to recipients only. The API response when creating a report contains the `private_message_report_view` with all the details of the report, including the private message that has been reported: Any authenticated user can obtain arbitrary (untargeted) private message contents. Privileges required depend on the instance configuration; when registrations are enabled without application system, the privileges required are practically none. When registration applications are required, privileges required could be considered low, but this assessment heavily varies by instance. Version 0.19.1 contains a patch for this issue. A workaround is available. If an update to a fixed Lemmy version is not immediately possible, the API route can be blocked in the reverse proxy. This will prevent anyone from reporting private messages, but it will also prevent exploitation before the update has been applied.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
授权机制不恰当
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Lemmy 授权问题漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Lemmy是Lemmy开源的一款用于构建社交新闻聚合器和网络论坛的自由软件。 Lemmy 0.17.0版本至0.19.1之前版本存在授权问题漏洞，该漏洞源于任何经过身份验证的用户都可以获取任意私人消息内容。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
LemmyNet lemmy >= 0.17.0, < 0.19.1 -

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III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2024-23649

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2024-23649 (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-23649 (1)

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: lemmy
Same vendor: LemmyNet
Same weakness: CWE-285