CVE-2024-39322 – This CVE describes an improper access control v... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2024-39322?

CVE-2024-39322 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). This CVE describes an improper access control vulnerability in Aimeos e-commerce JSON API for administrative tasks. It allows users with editor permissions to remove admin group and locale configuration in the backend, potentially disrupting administrative functions. Affected systems are those running vulnerable versions of aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm.

📋 TL;DR

This CVE describes an improper access control vulnerability in Aimeos e-commerce JSON API for administrative tasks. It allows users with editor permissions to remove admin group and locale configuration in the backend, potentially disrupting administrative functions. Affected systems are those running vulnerable versions of aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm

Versions: All versions prior to 2020.10.13, 2021.10.6, 2022.10.3, 2023.10.4, and 2024.4.2

Operating Systems: All

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Only affects systems where editor users have access to the JSON API administrative endpoints.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Editors could remove all admin groups and locale configurations, causing complete loss of administrative access and breaking multi-language functionality.

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Likely Case

Editors accidentally or intentionally remove some admin groups or locale settings, causing partial administrative disruption.

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If Mitigated

With proper role-based access controls, editors cannot access administrative configuration functions.

🌐 Internet-Facing: MEDIUM - If the JSON API is exposed to the internet, attackers could exploit this if they obtain editor credentials.

🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal users with editor permissions could misuse this access, whether intentionally or accidentally.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No

Complexity: LOW - Requires valid editor credentials but simple API calls to exploit.

Exploitation requires authenticated access with editor permissions to the JSON API endpoints.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2020.10.13, 2021.10.6, 2022.10.3, 2023.10.4, or 2024.4.2 depending on your version branch

Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm/commits/main

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Identify your current version branch (2020.x, 2021.x, 2022.x, 2023.x, or 2024.x). 2. Update to the corresponding patched version using composer: composer require aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm:202X.XX.X. 3. Clear any caches if applicable.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Restrict Editor API Access

all

Temporarily restrict editor users from accessing the JSON API administrative endpoints.

Modify your application's role-based access control to remove JSON API permissions from editor roles.

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Implement strict network segmentation to isolate the Aimeos backend from untrusted networks.
Enhance monitoring of administrative configuration changes and implement alerting for unauthorized modifications.

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check your composer.json or installed packages for aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm version. If version is below the patched versions for your branch, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

composer show aimeos/ai-admin-jsonadm | grep versions

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify the installed version meets or exceeds the patched version for your branch.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Unusual DELETE or POST requests to admin group or locale configuration endpoints from editor users
Failed authorization attempts on administrative endpoints

Network Indicators:

API calls to administrative configuration endpoints from non-admin IP addresses

SIEM Query:

source="aimeos_logs" AND (endpoint CONTAINS "/admin/group" OR endpoint CONTAINS "/admin/locale") AND user_role="editor"

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2024-39322

CVSS v3 Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

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

CWE: CWE-863

Published: July 2, 2024

Last Updated: November 21, 2024

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

Worst Case

Likely Case

If Mitigated

🎯 Exploit Status

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Instructions:

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Restrict Editor API Access

🧯 If You Can't Patch

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Version:

Verify Fix Applied:

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Network Indicators:

SIEM Query:

📊 Metadata

🔗 References

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