CVE-2024-2292: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2024-2292 Overview

CVE-2024-2292 is a missing authorization vulnerability [CWE-862] that allows authenticated but unauthorized users to view and modify information belonging to other users. The flaw stems from absent access control checks on affected endpoints. An attacker with low-privilege credentials can enumerate or manipulate resources across account boundaries over the network. Successful exploitation leads to disclosure of sensitive user data and unauthorized modification of records. The issue was reported through the Huntr bug bounty platform.

Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can read and alter data belonging to other users, breaking tenant and account isolation guarantees.

Affected Products

Specific vendor and product details are Not Available in the published NVD record
Refer to the Huntr Bounty Submission for the affected application context
Any deployment relying on the impacted component for multi-user access control

Discovery Timeline

2025-03-20 - CVE-2024-2292 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-2292

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a broken access control flaw classified under [CWE-862] Missing Authorization. Affected endpoints do not verify whether the requesting user owns or has permission to access the target resource. As a result, a low-privilege authenticated actor can substitute another user's identifier and receive or modify that user's records. The attack vector is network-based and requires only low privileges with no user interaction. Confidentiality is highly impacted, while integrity is partially impacted through unauthorized modifications.

Root Cause

The application performs authentication but omits per-resource authorization checks on sensitive user data operations. The server trusts client-supplied user identifiers without validating them against the session principal. This pattern typically appears in REST endpoints that accept a user_id or similar parameter in the request path, query, or body without enforcing an ownership predicate.

Attack Vector

An attacker authenticates with any low-privileged account and issues requests to endpoints that reference another user's identifier. Because the server does not enforce authorization, the response returns the victim's data or applies the requested modification. No specialized tooling is required beyond a standard HTTP client. Full exploitation details are documented in the linked Huntr Bounty Submission.

No verified proof-of-concept code has been published in the NVD record. See the security advisory for technical details on the exact endpoints and parameters involved.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-2292

Indicators of Compromise

Access logs showing a single authenticated session issuing requests that reference many distinct user identifiers in sequence
HTTP responses returning sensitive fields tied to user IDs that do not match the session principal
Unexpected PUT, PATCH, or POST operations targeting other users' records
Audit trail entries where the actor and the object owner do not match

Detection Strategies

Instrument application-layer logging to record the session principal and the target resource owner for each request
Deploy authorization test cases in CI that assert cross-account requests return 403 Forbidden
Correlate web server logs with application session data to flag identifier substitution patterns

Monitoring Recommendations

Alert when a single account accesses more distinct user records than a defined baseline within a short window
Monitor for enumeration behavior against endpoints containing user_id, account_id, or similar path parameters
Retain HTTP request and response metadata in a centralized log store for retrospective hunting on identifier-substitution activity

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-2292

Immediate Actions Required

Identify the affected application via the Huntr Bounty Submission and apply the vendor's fixed release
Review server-side authorization logic on all endpoints that accept user or resource identifiers from the client
Rotate credentials and session tokens for accounts that may have been exposed through unauthorized reads
Audit recent access logs to identify any modifications performed by non-owning accounts

Patch Information

Upgrade to the fixed version referenced in the vendor advisory linked from the Huntr Bounty Submission. No CISA KEV listing or public exploit database entry is associated with this CVE at the time of writing.

Workarounds

Enforce an authorization middleware that compares the session principal against the target resource owner on every request
Restrict access to the affected endpoints at the reverse-proxy or API gateway layer until the patch is deployed
Reduce the number of accounts with access to the affected application to shrink the exploitation surface

bash

# Configuration example
# Enforce ownership check pseudocode at the API gateway or application layer
# Reject any request where the authenticated subject does not match the resource owner
if [ "$SESSION_USER_ID" != "$REQUEST_TARGET_USER_ID" ]; then
    return_http 403 "Forbidden: cross-account access denied"
fi