CVE-2024-5185: CSRF (CVSS 7.3)

Description

The EmbedAI application is susceptible to security issues that enable Data Poisoning attacks. This weakness could result in the application becoming compromised, leading to unauthorized entries or data poisoning attacks, which are delivered by a CSRF vulnerability due to the absence of a secure session management implementation and weak CORS policies weakness. An attacker can direct a user to a malicious webpage that exploits a CSRF vulnerability within the EmbedAI application. By leveraging this CSRF vulnerability, the attacker can deceive the user into inadvertently uploading and integrating incorrect data into the application’s language model.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.3

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Other References

https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-data-poisoning-embedai.html https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-data-poisoning-embedai.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-5185? +

The EmbedAI application is susceptible to security issues that enable Data Poisoning attacks. This weakness could result in the application becoming compromised, leading to unauthorized entries or data poisoning attacks, which are delivered by a CSRF vulnerability due to the absence of a secure session management implementation and weak CORS policies weakness. An attacker can direct a user to a malicious webpage that exploits a CSRF vulnerability within the EmbedAI application. By leveraging this CSRF vulnerability, the attacker can deceive the user into inadvertently uploading and integrating incorrect data into the application’s language model. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2024-5185? +

CVE-2024-5185 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.3 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-5185? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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