CVE-2024-38183: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft GroupMe
An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-918, affects Microsoft GroupMe and allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform SSRF attacks that lead to privilege escalation over the network. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating critical severity with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to privilege escalation via SSRF. The attacker does not require authentication, increasing the risk of exploitation. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38183 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38183: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft GroupMe
Description
An improper access control vulnerability in GroupMe allows an a unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-918, affects Microsoft GroupMe and allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform SSRF attacks that lead to privilege escalation over the network. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating critical severity with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to privilege escalation via SSRF. The attacker does not require authentication, increasing the risk of exploitation. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38183 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.215Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38183","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c74b7ef31ef0b564345
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:46:46 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 60
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