Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-23330

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 23 January 2024

Published
23 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0014 33.8th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-23330 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Tuta Tutanota. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Email Addresses (T1589.002); ranked at the 33.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Tuta is an encrypted email service. In versions prior to 119.10, an attacker can attach an image in a html mail which is loaded from external resource in the default setting, which should prevent loading of external resources. When displaying…

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emails containing external content, they should be loaded by default only after confirmation by the user. However, it could be recognized that certain embedded images (see PoC) are loaded, even though the "Automatic Reloading of Images" function is disabled by default. The reloading is also done unencrypted via HTTP and redirections are followed. This behavior is unexpected for the user, since the user assumes that external content will only be loaded after explicit manual confirmation. The loading of external content in e-mails represents a risk, because this makes the sender aware that the e-mail address is used, when the e-mail was read, which device is used and expose the user's IP address. Version 119.10 contains a patch for this issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1589.002 Email Addresses Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather email addresses that can be used during targeting.
T1590.005 IP Addresses Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather the victim's IP addresses that can be used during targeting.
T1592.002 Software Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host software that can be used during targeting.
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability bypasses external image loading restrictions in Tutanota emails, allowing adversaries to confirm active email addresses (T1589.002), collect victim IP addresses from HTTP requests (T1590.005), and identify device/software via user-agent and request details (T1592.002).

Affected Assets

tuta
tutanota
≤ 119.10

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

References