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CVE-2024-38516NVD status: Deferred

ai-client-html: Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information

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CVE-2024-38516 is a high-severity debug messages revealing unnecessary information vulnerability in ai-client-html from Aimeos, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. Affected ai-client-html versions: >= 2024.04.1, < 2024.04.7; >= 2023.04.1, < 2023.10.15; >= 2022.04.1, < 2022.10.13, and others listed below. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Check which version of ai-client-html you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
  2. Read the advisory on github.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
Aimeosai-client-html>= 2024.04.1, < 2024.04.7; >= 2023.04.1, < 2023.10.15; >= 2022.04.1, < 2022.10.13; >= 2021.10.1, < 2021.10.22Not stated

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
LowA basic user account is enough.
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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (github.com).

Official description

ai-client-html is an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component. Debug information revealed sensitive information from environment variables in error log. This issue has been patched in versions 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13 and 2021.10.22.

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

The underlying weakness: Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information

The product fails to adequately prevent the revealing of unnecessary and potentially sensitive system information within debugging messages.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Ensure that a debug message does not reveal any unnecessary information during the debug process for the intended response.

More Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information vulnerabilities (CWE-1295)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: partial).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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