My SiteApplication · Winterchens

CVE-2024-53496

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Incorrect access control in the doFilter function of my-site v1.0.2.RELEASE allows attackers to access sensitive components without authentication.

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 · moderate confidence

This is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the doFilter servlet method of a Spring Boot 1.0.2 application ('my-site'). The filter fails to properly enforce access controls, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reach sensitive components that should require authentication.

MitigationImplement proper authentication and authorization checks in the doFilter function, ensuring all sensitive endpoints require valid authentication tokens/sessions before granting access.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
My SiteApplication
Affected:= 2024-08-27

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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 checks

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  1. Identify the installed version of Winterchens My Site
    Check the application JAR/WAR metadata, pom.xml, or build artifacts for version information. Look for build timestamp or version string matching 2024-08-27.
    Affected if The installed version is Winterchens My Site built on or around 2024-08-27.
  2. Locate the doFilter function in the codebase
    Search the application source code or decompiled classes for the doFilter method, particularly in filter or security-related classes. This is typically found in Spring Security filter chains.
    Affected if The doFilter method exists and handles request routing without proper authentication validation.
  3. Inspect the authentication validation logic in doFilter
    Examine the doFilter implementation to determine if authentication state is checked before allowing access to protected resources. Look for missing authentication checks or conditional logic that may be bypassed.
    Affected if The filter does not validate authentication credentials before processing requests to sensitive endpoints.
  4. Review the security filter chain configuration
    Check the filter chain or security configuration files (such as SecurityFilterChain beans) to identify which filters are applied and whether authentication is enforced consistently across all endpoints.
    Affected if The filter chain allows unauthenticated access to endpoints that should require authentication.

A user is affected if they are running Winterchens My Site from the 2024-08-27 release and their doFilter implementation lacks proper authentication validation before granting access to protected resources.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authentication and authorization checks in the doFilter function, ensuring all sensitive endpoints require valid authentication tokens/sessions before granting access.

Fix this in My Site Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,880
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