CVE-2024-51992
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Orchid is a Laravel package for rapid application development of back-office applications, admin/user panels, and dashboards. A method exposure vulnerability (CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function) was discovered in the Orchid Platform's asynchronous modal functionality, affecting versions 8 through 14.42.x. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 6, 2024, and has been assigned CVE-2024-51992 (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a method exposure issue that allows attackers to call arbitrary methods within the Screen class through the platform's asynchronous modal functionality. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.1 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity, though requiring high privileges (GitHub Advisory).

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to multiple security issues including potential brute force attacks against database tables, unauthorized validation checks against user credentials, and disclosure of the server's real IP address (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 14.43.0, released on November 6, 2024. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later. For those unable to upgrade immediately, a workaround is available through implementing middleware to intercept and validate requests to asynchronous modal endpoints, allowing only approved methods and parameters (GitHub Advisory).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Vladislav Gladky from Positive Technologies, demonstrating ongoing security research in the Laravel ecosystem. Their contribution has been acknowledged for enhancing the platform's security (GitHub Advisory).

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