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CVE-2024-0947NVD status: Deferred

Elektraweb: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

CVE-2024-0947 is a critical-severity reliance on cookies without validation and integrity checking vulnerability in Elektraweb from Talya Informatics, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. The record lists version v17.0.68 as the first without the flaw, so updating Elektraweb to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

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Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.

What to do

  1. Update Elektraweb to v17.0.68 or a later version.
  2. Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
Talya InformaticsElektrawebbefore v17.0.68v17.0.68

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (usom.gov.tr).

Official description

Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking vulnerability in Talya Informatics Elektraweb allows Session Credential Falsification through Manipulation, Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies, Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens. This issue affects Elektraweb: before v17.0.68.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

The product relies on the existence or values of cookies when performing security-critical operations, but it does not properly ensure that the setting is valid for the associated user.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Avoid using cookie data for a security-related decision.
  • Perform thorough input validation (i.e.: server side validation) on the cookie data if you're going to use it for a security related decision.
  • Add integrity checks to detect tampering.

More Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking vulnerabilities (CWE-565)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: yes, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

Other vulnerabilities in Elektraweb

All Elektraweb vulnerabilities

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