CVE-2024-38516
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in ai-client-html, an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component, exposes sensitive environment variable information in error logs when debug information is enabled. Attackers can access credentials, API keys, and other secrets from exposed logs. All Aimeos e-commerce deployments using vulnerable versions of ai-client-html are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Aimeos ai-client-html
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Full credential compromise leading to database access, payment system breaches, and complete e-commerce platform takeover.
Likely Case
Exposure of API keys, database credentials, and configuration secrets enabling further system compromise.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure if proper log access controls and monitoring are in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires access to error logs where debug information is written.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13, or 2021.10.22
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/aimeos/ai-client-html/security/advisories/GHSA-ppm5-jv84-2xg2
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Identify your Aimeos version. 2. Update to appropriate patched version: 2024.04.7 (latest), 2023.10.15 (2023 LTS), 2022.10.13 (2022 LTS), or 2021.10.22 (2021 LTS). 3. Restart your application server. 4. Verify debug information no longer exposes environment variables.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Debug Mode
allDisable debug information output in Aimeos configuration to prevent sensitive data exposure.
Set 'client/html/debug' to false in your Aimeos configuration
Restrict Log Access
linuxImplement strict file permissions and access controls on error log files.
chmod 640 /path/to/error.log
chown root:www-data /path/to/error.log
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable debug mode in Aimeos configuration immediately.
- Implement strict access controls and monitoring on all log files.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if debug mode is enabled and error logs contain environment variable values like database credentials or API keys.Check Version:
Check composer.json or package.json for ai-client-html version, or run: php -r "echo \Aimeos\\Client\\Html\\Version::VERSION;"Verify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify that error logs no longer contain sensitive environment variable information when debug mode is enabled.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Error logs containing environment variable values like DB_PASSWORD, API_KEY, SECRET_KEY
Network Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to error log files or directories
SIEM Query:
source="error.log" AND ("DB_PASSWORD" OR "API_KEY" OR "SECRET")🔗 References
- https://github.com/aimeos/ai-client-html/commit/bb389620ffc3cf4a2f29c11a1e5f512049e0c132
- https://github.com/aimeos/ai-client-html/security/advisories/GHSA-ppm5-jv84-2xg2
- https://github.com/aimeos/ai-client-html/commit/bb389620ffc3cf4a2f29c11a1e5f512049e0c132
- https://github.com/aimeos/ai-client-html/security/advisories/GHSA-ppm5-jv84-2xg2
