CVE-2024-35184 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms physical documents into a searchable online archive. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to version 2.8.6, remote user authentication allows API access even if API access is explicitly disabled. Version 2.8.6 contains a patchc for the issue.

Published: 2024-05-15

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

paperless-ngx

paperless-ngx

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>= 2.5.0, < 2.8.6`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-35229	Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms physical documents into a searchable online archive. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to version 2.8.6, remote user authentication allows API access even if API access is explicitly disabled. Version 2.8.6 contains a patchc for the issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00564.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/commit/ed05b40ba461641b1b59b0a92f51f3f6a66ce180
https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/pull/6739
https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/releases/tag/v2.8.6
https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/security/advisories/GHSA-72w4-hxqq-c256

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-05-15T21:29:33.712Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:07:46.811Z

Reserved: 2024-05-10T14:24:24.340Z

Link: CVE-2024-35184

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:07:46.811Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-15T22:15:08.867

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-35184

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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