open-webui up to 0.3.8 Admin Setting information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in open-webui up to 0.3.8. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Admin Setting Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-7038. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in open-webui up to 0.3.8 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Admin Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in open-webui version 0.3.8. The vulnerability is related to the embedding model update feature under admin settings. When a user updates the model path, the system checks if the file exists and provides different error messages based on the existence and configuration of the file. This behavior allows an attacker to enumerate file names and traverse directories by observing the error messages, leading to potential exposure of sensitive information.

The advisory is shared at huntr.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-7038 since 07/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• open-webui

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• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2
• 0.3.3
• 0.3.4
• 0.3.5
• 0.3.6
• 0.3.7
• 0.3.8

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