Atomicorp WAF Research Note: CVE-2024-7340

W&B Weave Server - Remote Arbitrary File Leak

Research Notes

This page documents research related to exploit techniques, attack behaviors, testing results, and WAF rule interactions associated with this vulnerability.

Research finding: this note documents observed WAF protections relevant to exploit techniques associated with this vulnerability.

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Vulnerability Description

The Weave server API allows remote users to fetch files from a specific directory, but due to a lack of input validation, it is possible to traverse and leak arbitrary files remotely. In various common scenarios, this allows a low-privileged user to assume the role of the server admin.

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Research Note Context

This research note documents exploit-technique analysis associated with this vulnerability and references Atomicorp WAF protections observed during engineering review, testing, or validation activities.

Atomicorp security controls are generally designed to identify and mitigate attack techniques and exploit behaviors rather than individual CVE identifiers. As a result, protections developed for one vulnerability may also apply to related attack variants and future vulnerabilities using similar techniques.

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