CVE-2024-48914

Summary

CVE-2024-48914 identifies a critical vulnerability in the Vendure open-source headless commerce platform, affecting versions prior to 3.0.5 and 2.3.3. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit the asset server plugin to perform path traversal attacks, potentially accessing sensitive files such as configuration settings and environment variables on the server. Additionally, malformed URIs can be used to crash the server. To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to versions 3.0.5 and 2.3.3 or implement workarounds like using object storage solutions (e.g., MinIO or S3) and defining middleware that blocks specific URL patterns. The vulnerability poses a high confidentiality risk, with an exploitability score of 9.1, indicating low complexity for exploitation and significant potential impact on organizational security.

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