CVE-2024-38164: GroupMe Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.6)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2024-Jul
Released
2024-07-23
EPSS Score
3.92% (percentile: 88.3%)

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network by convincing a user to click on a malicious link.

FAQ

Why are there no links to an update or instructions with steps that must be taken to protect from this vulnerability? This vulnerability has already been fully mitigated by Microsoft. There is no action for users of this service to take. The purpose of this CVE is to provide further transparency. Please see Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs for more information.

Affected Products (1)

Apps

  • GroupMe

Acknowledgments

Jonah Hook

Revision History

  • 2024-07-23: Information published.