CVE-2024-5685
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) in snipe/snipe-it
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) in snipe/snipe-it
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
CVE-2024-5685- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1923
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
EUVD-2024-1923- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-544r-fc65-v832
Snipe-IT allows users to promote or demote themselves or other users
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
GHSA-544r-fc65-v832- CVSS 4.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
CVE-2024-5685- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) in snipe/snipe-it
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
CVE-2024-5685- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-544r-fc65-v832
Snipe-IT allows users to promote or demote themselves or other users
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
- Record
GHSA-544r-fc65-v832- CVSS 4.0
- 8.6 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
snipe/snipe-itPackagist |
before 6.4.2 | 6.4.2 |
snipe/snipe-itPackagist |
before 6.4.2, plus listed versions 3.2.0v0.1.0v0.1.1v0.1.2v0.2.0 Show 45 moreShow lessv0.3.0-alphav0.3.10-alphav0.3.11-alphav0.3.7-alphav0.3.8-alphav0.3.9-alphav1.0v1.1v1.2.0v1.2.1v1.2.10v1.2.11v1.2.2v1.2.3v1.2.3-betav1.2.4v1.2.4-betav1.2.5v1.2.6v1.2.6-betav1.2.6.1v1.2.7v1.2.7-betav1.2.8v1.2.9v2.0v2.0-RC-1v2.0-betav2.0.1v2.0.2v2.0.3v2.0.4v2.0.5v2.0.6v2.1.0v2.1.1v2.1.2v3.0v3.0-alphav3.0-alpha2v3.0-beta.1v3.0-beta.2v3.0-beta.3v3.0.0-betav3.1.0 |
6.4.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-5685 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Grokability, Inc. Snipe-it, published June 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in snipe/snipe-it 6.4.2.
References
github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/14745
devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-5685
advisory.checkmarx.net?search=CVE-2024-5685
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5685
Left out here: 180 versions. The JSON record has them.