CVE-2024-25124: Fiber has Insecure CORS Configuration, Allowing Wildcard Origin with Credentials

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-25124 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Origin Validation Error vulnerability in gofiber fiber. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 21-02-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Fiber is a web framework written in go. Prior to version 2.52.1, the CORS middleware allows for insecure configurations that could potentially expose the application to multiple CORS-related vulnerabilities. Specifically, it allows setting the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to a wildcard (`*`) while also having the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials set to true, which goes against recommended security best practices. The impact of this misconfiguration is high as it can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive user data and expose the system to various types of attacks listed in the PortSwigger article linked in the references. Version 2.52.1 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, users may manually validate the CORS configurations in their implementation to ensure that they do not allow a wildcard origin when credentials are enabled. The browser fetch api, as well as browsers and utilities that enforce CORS policies, are not affected by this.

• CWE-346Origin Validation ErrorThe product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.
• CWE-942Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted DomainsThe product uses a web-client protection mechanism such as a Content Security Policy (CSP) or cross-domain policy file, but the policy includes untrusted domains with which the web client is allowed to communicate.