CVE-2024-3448 — Users with low privileges can perform certain AJAX actions

Users with low privileges can perform certain AJAX actions. In this vulnerability instance, improper access to ajax?action=plugin:focus:checkIframeAvailability leads to a Server-Side Request Forgery by analyzing the error messages returned from the back-end. Allowing an attacker

01What is this vulnerability?

Users with low privileges can perform certain AJAX actions. In this vulnerability instance, improper access to ajax?action=plugin:focus:checkIframeAvailability leads to a Server-Side Request Forgery by analyzing the error messages returned from the back-end. Allowing an attacker to perform a port scan in the back-end. At the time of publication of the CVE no patch is available.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mautic	Mautic	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-04-10T13:59:46.536Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-01T20:12:07.447Z

09References

• huntr.com — https://huntr.com/bounties/4d72d300-92d6-4e3c-93d8-52fe47396ae0