CVE-2024-11037

A path traversal vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic at commit 679352d, which allows an attacker to bypass the blocked_paths protection and read the config.py file containing sensitive information such as the OpenAI API key. This vulnerability is exploitable on Windows operating systems by accessing a specific URL that includes the absolute path of the project.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://huntr.com/bounties/91243fc1-f287-4f4b-8aa6-dfe3efff23e5

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Mar 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-20 10:15

Updated : 2025-03-20 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-11037

Mitre link : CVE-2024-11037

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-11037

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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