8.1
HIGH
CVE-2024-41659
Memos CORS Misconfiguration Remote Code Execution
Description

memos is a privacy-first, lightweight note-taking service. A CORS misconfiguration exists in memos 0.20.1 and earlier where an arbitrary origin is reflected with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials set to true. This may allow an attacking website to make a cross-origin request, allowing the attacker to read private information or make privileged changes to the system as the vulnerable user account. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.21.0.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 20, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-41659 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 Usememos memos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/usememos/memos/blob/v0.20.1/server/server.go#L163
https://github.com/usememos/memos/commit/8101a5e0b162044c16385bee4f12a4a653d050b9
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-034_memos/

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-41659 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 [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description memos is a privacy-first, lightweight note-taking service. A CORS misconfiguration exists in memos 0.20.1 and earlier where an arbitrary origin is reflected with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials set to true. This may allow an attacking website to make a cross-origin request, allowing the attacker to read private information or make privileged changes to the system as the vulnerable user account. memos is a privacy-first, lightweight note-taking service. A CORS misconfiguration exists in memos 0.20.1 and earlier where an arbitrary origin is reflected with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials set to true. This may allow an attacking website to make a cross-origin request, allowing the attacker to read private information or make privileged changes to the system as the vulnerable user account. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.21.0.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/usememos/memos/commit/8101a5e0b162044c16385bee4f12a4a653d050b9 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description memos is a privacy-first, lightweight note-taking service. A CORS misconfiguration exists in memos 0.20.1 and earlier where an arbitrary origin is reflected with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials set to true. This may allow an attacking website to make a cross-origin request, allowing the attacker to read private information or make privileged changes to the system as the vulnerable user account.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-034_memos/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/usememos/memos/blob/v0.20.1/server/server.go#L163 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-942
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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