CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-11680

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2024-11-26 Modified 2026-07-14 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

ProjectSend Improper Authentication Vulnerability — ProjectSend ProjectSend

ProjectSend contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to enable unauthorized modification of the application's configuration via crafted HTTP requests to options.php. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.

Added to KEV
2024-12-03
Remediation due
2024-12-24
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/commit/193367d937b1a59ed5b68dd4e60bd53317473744 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11680
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-11-26
Last modified
2026-07-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-306

Description

ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to options.php, enabling unauthorized modification of the application's configuration. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.

Affected configurations

• projectsend projectsend (< r1720)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

References