CVE-2024-45312 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Overleaf Community Edition and Server Pro versions prior to 5.0.7 (or 4.2.7 for the 4.x series). An attacker can manipulate the language parameter in spelling requests, causing the server's aspell executable to attempt loading an arbitrary dictionary file, though file access is limited to the server's scope. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:overleaf:overleaf:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:overleaf:overleaf:*:*:server_pro:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:overleaf:overleaf:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:overleaf:overleaf:*:*:server_pro:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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