CVE-2024-53484
📋 TL;DR
Ever Traduora versions 0.20.0 and below use a hard-coded JWT signing key, allowing attackers to forge authentication tokens and escalate privileges. This affects all deployments of the affected software versions, enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or sensitive data.
💻 Affected Systems
- Ever Traduora
⚠️ 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
An attacker could forge JWT tokens to gain administrative access, leading to full system compromise, data theft, or unauthorized modifications to translation projects.
Likely Case
Attackers with network access could escalate privileges to admin levels, potentially accessing or manipulating sensitive translation data and user accounts.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and access controls, impact may be limited to unauthorized access within the application, but privilege escalation remains possible if exploited.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires knowledge of the hard-coded key and ability to craft JWT tokens, but no public proof-of-concept is confirmed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 0.20.0 (check for updates in the repository)
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/ever-co/ever-traduora/issues/431
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update Ever Traduora to the latest version from the official repository. 2. Replace the hard-coded JWT key with a secure, unique key in the configuration. 3. Rotate all existing JWT tokens to invalidate any forged ones.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Manually Change JWT Key
allReplace the hard-coded JWT signing key with a strong, unique key in the application configuration to prevent token forgery.
Edit the configuration file (e.g., config.json) and set a new JWT_SECRET_KEY value.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict network access to Ever Traduora instances to trusted IPs only.
- Monitor logs for unusual authentication attempts or privilege escalation activities.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check the Ever Traduora version; if it is 0.20.0 or below, it is vulnerable. Inspect the configuration for a hard-coded JWT key.Check Version:
Check the version in the application interface or run a command like `docker inspect ever-traduora` if using Docker.Verify Fix Applied:
After updating or changing the key, verify that new JWT tokens are signed with the new key and old tokens are rejected.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Failed authentication attempts with forged JWT tokens
- Unusual admin-level access from unexpected IPs or users
Network Indicators:
- Suspicious JWT token crafting requests to authentication endpoints
SIEM Query:
Example: search for 'JWT' AND 'authentication failure' OR 'privilege escalation' in application logs.