What is CVE-2024-45312?

CVE-2024-45312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Overleaf, classified under Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-45312?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Overleaf

CVE-2024-45312

Overleaf is a web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. Overleaf Community Edition and Server Pro prior to version 5.0.7 (or 4.2.7 for the 4.x series) contain a vulnerability that allows an arbitrary language parameter in client spelling reque…

EPSS: 0.010 (77.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Overleaf — versions >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.7, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf/security/advisories/GHSA-pxm4-p454-vppg (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf/commit/b5e5d39c3ad4e7763d42b837738955f8ded4dcd3 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/overleaf/toolkit (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45312?: CVE-2024-45312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Overleaf, classified under Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-45312?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.