Erudika scoold up to 1.63.x Setting /api authentication bypass

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Erudika scoold up to 1.63.x. This affects an unknown function of the file /api of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to authentication bypass. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-50334. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Erudika scoold up to 1.63.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /api of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Scoold is a Q&A and a knowledge sharing platform for teams. A semicolon path injection vulnerability was found on the /api;/config endpoint. By appending a semicolon in the URL, attackers can bypass authentication and gain unauthorised access to sensitive configuration data. Furthermore, PUT requests on the /api;/config endpoint while setting the Content-Type: application/hocon header allow unauthenticated attackers to file reading via HOCON file inclusion. This allows attackers to retrieve sensitive information such as configuration files from the server, which can be leveraged for further exploitation. The vulnerability has been fixed in Scoold 1.64.0. A workaround would be to disable the Scoold API with scoold.api_enabled = false.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-50334 since 10/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.64.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Erudika

Name

• scoold

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/

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