CVE-2024-41637
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRaspAP before 3.1.5 allows an attacker to escalate privileges: the www-data user has write access to the restapi.service file and also possesses Sudo privileges to execute several critical commands without a password.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRaspAP before 3.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where the www-data web server user has both write access to the restapi.service systemd unit file and unrestricted sudo privileges to execute critical system commands without password authentication. An attacker who gains code execution as www-data can exploit this to obtain root privileges.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify RaspAP installation and versionLocate the RaspAP installation directory (typically in /var/www/html or /opt/raspap) and check the version file (often named version, VERSION, or defined in a config.php). Compare the installed version against 3.1.5.Affected if The installed version is before 3.1.5 or cannot be determined (assumed vulnerable).
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Verify www-data write access to restapi.serviceFind the restapi.service systemd unit file (commonly in /etc/systemd/system/ or within the RaspAP installation directory). Use 'ls -la' to check if the www-data user has write permissions (w) on this file.Affected if The www-data user owns the restapi.service file or has write permissions on it.
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Audit sudo privileges for www-data userRun 'sudo -l -U www-data' to list all sudo privileges granted to the www-data user. Also inspect /etc/sudoers and any files in /etc/sudoers.d/ for lines granting www-data unrestricted or elevated command execution.Affected if The www-data user has NOPASSWD sudo privileges for any command, or unrestricted sudo access to critical system commands (systemctl, service, etc).
A system is affected if RaspAP version is before 3.1.5 AND the www-data user has both write access to the restapi.service file AND sudo privileges without password authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade RaspAP to version 3.1.5 or later, and audit the sudoers configuration to remove unnecessary privileges from the www-data user.
RaspAP 3.1.5
- 1. Back up the current RaspAP configuration and any custom settings
- 2. Upgrade RaspAP to version 3.1.5 or later by following the official upgrade instructions at https://github.com/RaspAP/raspap-webgui
- 3. After upgrade, verify that the www-data user no longer has write access to /etc/systemd/system/restapi.service
- 4. Review /etc/sudoers to confirm www-data user no longer has unrestricted sudo access to critical commands
- 5. Restart the RaspAP services to ensure the patched version is running
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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