CVE-2024-38183 — An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated

An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

02Affected products

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: 2024-09-17T18:15:49.259Z
• Last modified: 2024-12-31T23:03:27.017Z

09References

• msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38183