CVE-2024-27292: Docassemble unauthorized access through URL manipulation

February 29, 2024

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to information on the system through URL manipulation. It affects versions 1.4.53 to 1.4.96.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.97 of the master branch. The Docker image on docker.io has been patched.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not possible, manually apply the changes of 97f77dc and restart the server.

Credit

The vulnerability was discovered by Riyush Ghimire (@richighimi).

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue in docassemble
Join the Slack channel
Email us at jhpyle@gmail.com

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq57-3w7p-vwvv
github.com/jhpyle/docassemble
github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/commit/97f77dc486a26a22ba804765bfd7058aabd600c9
github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/security/advisories/GHSA-jq57-3w7p-vwvv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27292

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