Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-7658

Access Control in Projectsend ≤ r1720

Published
12 August 2024
Modified
13 January 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 6.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0079 53th percentile
Risk Priority 43 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-7658 is a medium-severity Resource Injection (CWE-99) vulnerability in Projectsend Projectsend. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 47% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in projectsend up to r1605. This issue affects the function get_preview of the file process.php. The manipulation leads to improper control of resource identifiers. The attack may be initiated remotely.…

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Upgrading to version r1720 is able to address this issue. The patch is named eb5a04774927e5855b9d0e5870a2aae5a3dc5a08. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-53930Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2024-11680Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2023-53906Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2023-53980Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2023-0607Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2024-7659Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2023-53905Same product: Projectsend Projectsend
CVE-2024-7437Shared CWE-639, CWE-99
CVE-2025-2125Shared CWE-639, CWE-99
CVE-2025-12919Shared CWE-639, CWE-99

Affected Assets

projectsend
projectsend
≤ r1720

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.8
  • V1.3.9
  • V1.3.11
  • V9.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforcing approved authorizations on every access request structurally stops a user-controlled key from reaching another user's data.

Requiring explicit access-control decisions on each request blocks unauthorized key-driven access.

Directly requires validation of inputs before they are accepted as resource identifiers.

Enforces information flow rules that block use of untrusted identifiers to reach unauthorized resources.

Least-privilege restrictions limit the scope of data reachable even if a key check is bypassed.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and sanitization that prevent resource-identifier injection flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect resource-injection flaws but does not itself implement preventive controls.

prevents

Information access restriction explicitly enforces that users may only retrieve data they are authorized to see, directly addressing user-controlled key bypass.

prevents

Access control policy directly requires enforcement of authorization rules that prevent unauthorized access via manipulated keys.

prevents

Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.

mitigates

Privileged access rights control restricts what data each user may access, mitigating direct object reference attacks.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and resource-identifier sanitization that directly prevents resource injection.

References