CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-25108

8.8 HIGH Published 2024-02-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-02-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-280, CWE-285, CWE-863

Description

Pixelfed is an open source photo sharing platform. When processing requests authorization was improperly and insufficiently checked, allowing attackers to access far more functionality than users intended, including to the administrative and moderator functionality of the Pixelfed server. This vulnerability affects every version of Pixelfed between v0.10.4 and v0.11.9, inclusive. A proof of concept of this vulnerability exists. This vulnerability affects every local user of a Pixelfed server, and can potentially affect the servers' ability to federate. Some user interaction is required to setup the conditions to be able to exercise the vulnerability, but the attacker could conduct this attack time-delayed manner, where user interaction is not actively required. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 0.11.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• pixelfed pixelfed (>= 0.10.4 < 0.11.11)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges weakness
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References