CVE-2024-42988 (GCVE-0-2024-42988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-10 22:49
VLAI
Summary
Lack of access control in ChallengeSolves (/api/v1/challenges/<challenge id>/solves) of CTFd v2.0.0 - v3.7.2 allows authenticated users to retrieve a list of users who have solved the challenge, regardless of the Account Visibility settings. The issue is fixed in v3.7.3+.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-09 18:13 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details
References
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