7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-38523
Hush Line TOTP Authentication Cross-Site Request Forgery perseverance and Cross-Site Scripting milieu
Description

Hush Line is a free and open-source, anonymous-tip-line-as-a-service for organizations or individuals. The TOTP authentication flow has multiple issues that weakens its one-time nature. Specifically, the lack of 2FA for changing security settings allows attacker with CSRF or XSS primitives to change such settings without user interaction and credentials are required. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.10.

INFO

Published Date :

June 27, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-38523 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hushline hush_line
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-38523.

URL Resource
https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/pull/376
https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/security/advisories/GHSA-4c38-hhxx-9mhx
https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/pull/376
https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/security/advisories/GHSA-4c38-hhxx-9mhx

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38523 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/pull/376
    Added Reference https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/security/advisories/GHSA-4c38-hhxx-9mhx
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Hush Line is a free and open-source, anonymous-tip-line-as-a-service for organizations or individuals. The TOTP authentication flow has multiple issues that weakens its one-time nature. Specifically, the lack of 2FA for changing security settings allows attacker with CSRF or XSS primitives to change such settings without user interaction and credentials are required. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.10.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/security/advisories/GHSA-4c38-hhxx-9mhx [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/scidsg/hushline/pull/376 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-287
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-38523 is associated with the following CWEs:

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