Medium severity · published Dec 18, 2024
CVE-2024-52590
Missing validation allows spoofed profiles in Misskey
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. In affected versions missing validation in `ApRequestService.signedGet` allows an attacker to create fake user profiles that appear to be from a different instance than the one where they actually exist. These profiles can be used to impersonate existing users from the target instance. Vulnerable Misskey instances will accept spoofed users as valid, allowing an attacker to impersonate users on another instance. Attackers have full control of the spoofed user and can post, renote, or otherwise interact like a real account. This issue has been addressed in version 2024.11.0-alpha.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
misskey · misskey-dev
>= 2024.8.0-rc.3, < 2024.11.0-alpha.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52590
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52590
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/security/advisories/GHSA-7vgr-p3vc-p4h2
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