CVE-2024-40464
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the sendMail function located in beego/core/logs/smtp.go file
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-r6qh-j42j-pw64Beego privilege escalation vulnerability2024-07-31ghsa · osvUS
An issue in beego v.2.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the `sendMail` function located in the `beego/core/logs/smtp.go` file.
- GO-2024-3016Beego privilege escalation vulnerability via sendMail in github.com/beego/beego/v22024-08-19vendor · osvUS
Beego privilege escalation vulnerability via sendMail in github.com/beego/beego/v2
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references (5)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-40464/cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/nyxfqq/b53b0148b9aa040de63f58a68fd11445cnnvd
- https://github.com/beego/beego/security/advisories/GHSA-6g9p-wv47-4fxqPatchcnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/nyxfqq/b53b0148b9aa040de63f58a68fd11445enisa_euvd
- https://gist.github.com/nyxfqq/b53b0148b9aa040de63f58a68fd11445Third Party Advisorynvd
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