CVE-2024-13242CWE-749

Swift Mailer - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2024-006

Critical · published January 9, 2025

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 The Swift Mailer in Drupal has a grave flaw that allows attackers to spoof resource locations — it's like a delivery driver getting the wrong address and dropping your package off at a stranger's door! 🔥 Imagine a postal service that delivers your sensitive mail to any address specified by an unscrupulous sender. This vulnerability lets attackers manipulate the resource locations, potentially exposing sensitive information or leading the system to execute unintended actions as if they were legitimate requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to fool your system into processing malicious requests, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or compromising your application's integrity. The consequences could be absolutely devastating, leading to data breaches or service disruption, and that's the last thing you want on your watch!

Put simply

Imagine a postal service that delivers your sensitive mail to any address specified by an unscrupulous sender. This vulnerability lets attackers manipulate the resource locations, potentially exposing sensitive information or leading the system to execute unintended actions as if they were legitimate requests. This vulnerability in Drupal's Swift Mailer allows resource location spoofing due to a lack of proper validation on input data, enabling attackers to craft requests that can lead to unauthorized operations or data exposure.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to fool your system into processing malicious requests, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or compromising your application's integrity. The consequences could be absolutely devastating, leading to data breaches or service disruption, and that's the last thing you want on your watch! To protect your application, immediately update Swift Mailer to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability. Additionally, review your input validation mechanisms to ensure that all resource locations are thoroughly checked and sanitized. Don't delay — the sooner you act, the safer you'll be! You've got this! With these steps, you'll be a security hero in no time! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00379 · 30.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-749 · Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
Published
2025-01-09T18:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JAN 18:49Z
    Swift Mailer - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2024-006
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