CVE-2024-8517

Publication date 6 September 2024

Last updated 4 March 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending a crafted multipart file upload HTTP request.

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Why is this CVE medium priority?

Risk of regression due to upstream bundling security fixes with updates. For more details, see notes.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
spip 24.10 oracular
Fixed 4.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable

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Notes

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This package is not the primary way of using spip as the official documentation recommends downloading and installing the project from source. No community engagement on Launchpad. Also, high effort required as upstream bundles security fixes with regular updates.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H