CVE-2024-7048
Published: 10 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-7048 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Services File Permissions Weakness (T1574.010); ranked at the 33.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the LLM/Generative AI Risks risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: AI Supply Chain Compromise (AML.T0010), External Harms (AML.T0048).
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48049
Vulnerability details
In version v0.3.8 of open-webui, an improper privilege management vulnerability exists in the API endpoints GET /api/v1/documents/ and POST /rag/api/v1/doc. This vulnerability allows a lower-privileged user to access and overwrite files managed by a higher-privileged admin. By exploiting this vulnerability,…
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an attacker can view metadata of files uploaded by an admin and overwrite these files, compromising the integrity and availability of the RAG models.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Enterprise AI Assistants
- Risk Domain
- LLM/Generative AI Risks
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Open-WebUI is a self-hosted web interface for managing and interacting with LLMs, including RAG functionalities, which aligns with Enterprise AI Assistants as it provides a platform for AI model deployment and usage in assistant-like scenarios.
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The improper privilege management vulnerability enables low-privileged users to discover admin file metadata (T1083, T1044) and overwrite admin-managed files (T1565.001, facilitating T1068 via effective privilege escalation on resources).
MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI
MITRE ATLAS techniques
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.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.
Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.
The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.
Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.
Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.
Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.
Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.