CVE-2024-39319 – This vulnerability in the Aimeos frontend contr... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2024-39319?

CVE-2024-39319 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). This vulnerability in the Aimeos frontend controller package allows attackers to disable subscriptions and reviews belonging to other customers through insecure direct object references. It affects e-commerce projects using vulnerable versions of the ai-controller-frontend package. The issue stems from insufficient access controls that fail to verify user permissions before processing subscription/review modification requests.

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability in the Aimeos frontend controller package allows attackers to disable subscriptions and reviews belonging to other customers through insecure direct object references. It affects e-commerce projects using vulnerable versions of the ai-controller-frontend package. The issue stems from insufficient access controls that fail to verify user permissions before processing subscription/review modification requests.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

aimeos/ai-controller-frontend

Versions: All versions prior to 2024.4.2, 2023.10.9, 2022.10.8, 2021.10.8, and 2020.10.15

Operating Systems: All

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Affects Aimeos-based e-commerce applications using the vulnerable controller package. The vulnerability is present in the default configuration.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

An attacker could systematically disable all customer subscriptions and reviews, causing significant business disruption, customer dissatisfaction, and potential revenue loss for the e-commerce platform.

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Likely Case

Targeted attacks disabling specific customers' subscriptions and reviews, leading to customer complaints and administrative overhead to restore affected accounts.

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If Mitigated

With proper access controls, impact is limited to authorized users only modifying their own subscriptions and reviews.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - The vulnerability affects frontend controllers typically exposed to internet users in e-commerce applications.

🏢 Internal Only: LOW - The vulnerability requires access to the frontend interface, which is typically internet-facing in e-commerce deployments.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No

Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires authenticated access but minimal technical skill. The vulnerability is an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) that can be exploited by manipulating object identifiers in requests.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2024.4.2, 2023.10.9, 2022.10.8, 2021.10.8, or 2020.10.15 depending on your major version

Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/aimeos/ai-controller-frontend/security/advisories

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Identify your current ai-controller-frontend package version. 2. Update to the patched version matching your major release: 2024.x → 2024.4.2, 2023.x → 2023.10.9, 2022.x → 2022.10.8, 2021.x → 2021.10.8, 2020.x → 2020.10.15. 3. Run composer update aimeos/ai-controller-frontend. 4. Clear any application caches.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Implement Access Control Middleware

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Add custom middleware to verify user ownership before processing subscription/review modification requests

Implement custom controller middleware that validates user_id matches the resource owner before processing PATCH/DELETE requests to subscription/review endpoints

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious subscription/review modification patterns
Enable detailed logging for all subscription and review modification operations and monitor for unauthorized access attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check composer.json or run 'composer show aimeos/ai-controller-frontend' to see if version is below the patched versions for your major release

Check Version:

composer show aimeos/ai-controller-frontend | grep versions

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify the version shows as patched and test that users cannot modify other users' subscriptions/reviews by attempting to access another user's resources

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Multiple failed authorization attempts for subscription/review modifications
User modifying subscriptions/reviews with IDs not belonging to their account
Unusual pattern of subscription/review deactivations

Network Indicators:

HTTP PATCH/DELETE requests to subscription/review endpoints with mismatched user IDs
Rapid sequential requests to different subscription/review IDs

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/subscription/*" OR uri_path="/review/*") AND (http_method="PATCH" OR http_method="DELETE") AND user_id != resource_owner_id

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2024-39319

CVSS v3 Score: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE: CWE-639

Published: September 26, 2024

Last Updated: March 5, 2025

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💻 Affected Systems

📦 What is this software?

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

Worst Case

Likely Case

If Mitigated

🎯 Exploit Status

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Instructions:

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Implement Access Control Middleware

🧯 If You Can't Patch

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Version:

Verify Fix Applied:

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Network Indicators:

SIEM Query:

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