Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Openmeetings - CVE-2024-54676

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Openmeetings - CVE-2024-54676

Published: January 24, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103273
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54676
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Openmeetings

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data and missing default clustering instructions to specify white/black lists for OpenJPA. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-54676

Install updates from vendor's website.

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