CVE-2024-1107

9.8 CRITICAL

📋 TL;DR

This CVE describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in Talya Informatics Travel APPS where attackers can manipulate user-controlled keys to access unauthorized functionality. It affects all Travel APPS installations before version 17.0.68, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive travel management data and functions.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Talya Informatics Travel APPS
Versions: All versions before v17.0.68
Operating Systems: All supported platforms
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: All installations with default configurations are vulnerable. The vulnerability exists in the access control mechanism regardless of deployment environment.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete system compromise allowing attackers to access, modify, or delete all travel data, manipulate bookings, access financial information, and potentially pivot to other systems.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized access to sensitive travel information, booking manipulation, data exfiltration, and privilege escalation within the Travel APPS system.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper network segmentation, strong authentication, and monitoring in place, though authorization bypass would still be possible.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - If Travel APPS is exposed to the internet, attackers can directly exploit this vulnerability without internal access.
🏢 Internal Only: HIGH - Even internally, malicious users or compromised accounts can exploit this to escalate privileges and access unauthorized data.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires some level of access (authenticated user) but the bypass technique itself is straightforward once understood. No public exploit code is currently available.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: v17.0.68 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-24-0809

Restart Required: Yes

Instructions:

1. Download Travel APPS v17.0.68 or later from Talya Informatics. 2. Backup current installation and data. 3. Apply the update following vendor instructions. 4. Restart the Travel APPS service. 5. Verify the update was successful.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Network Segmentation

all

Restrict access to Travel APPS to only authorized users and networks

Enhanced Monitoring

all

Implement detailed logging and monitoring for authorization attempts and access patterns

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict network access controls to limit who can reach the Travel APPS interface
  • Enable detailed audit logging and monitor for unusual access patterns or authorization attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Travel APPS version in administration panel or configuration files. If version is below 17.0.68, the system is vulnerable.

Check Version:

Check Travel APPS web interface admin panel or consult application configuration files for version information.

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify version is 17.0.68 or higher in administration panel and test authorization controls for proper enforcement.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Multiple failed authorization attempts followed by successful access
  • Access to endpoints or data without proper authentication logs
  • User accessing resources outside their normal role patterns

Network Indicators:

  • Unusual API calls to authorization endpoints
  • Requests with manipulated parameter keys
  • Access patterns inconsistent with user roles

SIEM Query:

source="travel_apps" AND (event_type="authorization_failure" OR event_type="unusual_access") | stats count by user, resource

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