CVE-2024-5685
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) in snipe/snipe-it
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 14, 2024 at 09:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSnipe ITSnipe IT
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Third Party Advisory
Source: 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
https://advisory.checkmarx.net/?search=CVE-2024-5685Third Party Advisory
Source: 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-5685/Patch
Source: 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/commit/34f1ea1c0ecd403047cd1327569ee391a7201cc1Issue Tracking
Source: 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/14745Release Notes
Source: 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/releases/tag/v6.4.2SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862
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