CVE-2024-37147
Published: 10 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-37147 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Glpi-Project Glpi. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
GLPI, an open-source asset and IT management software package providing ITIL Service Desk features along with license tracking and software auditing, contains an improper access control vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-37147. The flaw permits an authenticated user to attach a document to any item regardless of whether that user holds write permissions on the target item. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 and is associated with CWE-284.
An authenticated attacker with limited privileges can exploit the weakness over the network to associate arbitrary documents with items outside their authorized scope, resulting in unauthorized modification of item metadata without affecting confidentiality or availability.
The official GLPI security advisory published on GitHub directs administrators to upgrade to version 10.0.16 to remediate the authorization bypass. The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1305 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-36465
Vulnerability details
GLPI is an open-source asset and IT management software package that provides ITIL Service Desk features, licenses tracking and software auditing. An authenticated user can attach a document to any item, even if the user has no write access on…
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it. Upgrade to 10.0.16.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.
Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.