High severity · published Mar 14, 2022
CVE-2022-24740
Volto is a ReactJS-based frontend for the Plone Content Management System
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Volto is a ReactJS-based frontend for the Plone Content Management System. Between versions 14.0.0-alpha.5 and 15.0.0-alpha.0, a user could have their authentication cookie replaced with an authentication cookie from another user, effectively giving them control of the other user's account and privileges. This occurs when using an outdated version of the `react-cookie` library and a server is under high load. A proof of concept does not currently exist, but it is possible for this issue to occur in the wild. The patch and fix is present in Volto 15.0.0-alpha.0. As a workaround, one may manually upgrade the `react-cookie` package to 4.1.1 and then override all Volto components that use this library.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VO
Volto · Plone
14.1.0 through 14.10.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24740
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24740
Patch
https://github.com/plone/volto/pull/3051
Patch
https://github.com/plone/volto/security/advisories/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67
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