CVE-2024-5178

Incomplete Input Validation in SecurelyAccess API

Medium6.9EPSS 33.6%

Published: 10 Jul 2024
Updated: 1 Aug 2024
Reserved: 21 May 2024
Assigned by: SN

Description

ServiceNow has addressed a sensitive file read vulnerability that was identified in the Washington DC, Vancouver, and Utah Now Platform releases. This vulnerability could allow an administrative user to gain unauthorized access to sensitive files on the web application server. The vulnerability is addressed in the listed patches and hot fixes, which were released during the June 2024 patching cycle. If you have not done so already, we recommend applying security patches relevant to your instance as soon as possible.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-5178, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
SNCNA (assigner)	4.0	Medium6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SNCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVDNVD · Deferred	4.0	Medium6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 33.6% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-184 and its CVEs

Affected products

ServiceNow · Now Platform
- affected < Utah Patch 10 Hot Fix 3
- affected < Utah Patch 10a Hot Fix 2
- affected < Utah Patch 10b Hot Fix 1
- affected < Vancouver Patch 6 Hot Fix 2
- affected < Vancouver Patch 7 Hot Fix 3b
- affected < Vancouver Patch 8 Hot Fix 4
- affected < Vancouver Patch 9 Hot Fix 1
- affected < Vancouver Patch 10
- affected < Washington DC Patch 1 Hot Fix 3b
- affected < Washington DC Patch 2 Hot Fix 2
- affected < Washington DC Patch 3 Hot Fix 2
- affected < Washington DC Patch 4

References (2)

https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1648312 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1644293 (opens in a new tab)x_login-requiredx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 1 Aug 2024, 21:03 UTC.