CVE-2024-5735
Published: 28 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-5735 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Admiror-Design-Studio Admirorframes. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 3.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-5735 is a full path disclosure vulnerability in the AdmirorFrames Joomla! extension, specifically in the afHelper.php script. It affects all versions prior to 5.0 and enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain the absolute path of the web root directory on the affected server. The issue is tracked under CWE-497 and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3.
An attacker with network access can trigger the flaw without authentication or user interaction, resulting in disclosure of limited sensitive configuration information. Successful exploitation reveals the filesystem layout, which can aid further reconnaissance or targeted follow-on attacks against the Joomla installation.
Public advisories from CERT.pl and multiple GitHub repositories containing proof-of-concept code and issue reports provide additional technical details and confirm the affected component. No explicit patch or mitigation steps beyond upgrading to version 5.0 or later are described in the available references. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.3021 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-46896
- 🇵🇱 CERT-PL: cert.pl
- 🇵🇱 CERT-PL: cert.pl
Vulnerability details
Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in AdmirorFrames Joomla! extension in afHelper.php script allows an unauthorised attacker to retrieve location of web root folder. This issue affects AdmirorFrames: before 5.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Full path disclosure (CVE-2024-5735) facilitates T1083 (File and Directory Discovery). SSRF (CVE-2024-5736) enables T1005 (Data from Local System) via local files and T1046 (Network Service Discovery) via localhost services. XSS (CVE-2024-5737) enables T1059.007 (JavaScript) execution.
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.
Ongoing reviews detect and remove sensitive system information before it reaches publicly accessible systems.
Employs detection to prevent unauthorized mining of sensitive system information from being exfiltrated to external control spheres.
Documenting where system information is processed and stored prevents exposure to unauthorized control spheres.
The control stops sensitive system information from crossing into unauthorized control spheres through EM emanations.
Authorization and minimization requirements keep PII out of test/research control spheres that often lack production-grade protections.
Documented categorization of system information reduces the chance that sensitive internals are left exposed to unauthorized spheres.
System information is concealed or replaced with decoys, reducing leakage to unauthorized observers.
Ensures sensitive system information is not disclosed outside the intended control sphere through error output.