{"id":32881,"date":"2025-04-28T01:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:41:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:01:30","slug":"cve-2024-40446-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-forkosh-mime-tex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40446-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-forkosh-mime-tex\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-40446: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Forkosh Mime Tex<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we delve into a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-40446, affecting the Forkosh Mime Tex software prior to version 1.77. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code via a carefully crafted script, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29287-high-severity-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-mcms-v5-4-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"37746\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a>, with a CVSS score of 9.8, it&#8217;s of paramount importance for administrators and users of the affected software to understand the nature of this vulnerability and take appropriate mitigation measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-40446<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40589\">System Compromise<\/a>, Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-34721256\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Forkosh Mime Tex | Before 1.77<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2024-40446 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31380-weak-password-recovery-mechanism-vulnerability-in-paid-videochat-turnkey-site\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"37373\">vulnerability arises from an issue in the parsing mechanism<\/a> of the Forkosh Mime Tex software. A malicious actor can craft a specific script, which when processed by the Mime Tex software, leads to arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-53924-untrusted-spreadsheet-code-execution-in-pycel-1-0b30\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"37357\">code execution<\/a>. This happens due to improper sanitization of user input, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32958-critical-adept-language-vulnerability-allowing-malicious-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38227\">allows the attacker to inject malicious code<\/a> into the input fields that are processed by the software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1458723588\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. An attacker might craft a POST request carrying the malicious payload. This is a conceptual representation and does not depict the exact code or payload used in an actual exploit.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;Injected Code here&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>On receiving this request, the vulnerable Forkosh Mime Tex software would process the malicious payload, leading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28236-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-nautel-vx-series-transmitters\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"37366\">execution of the arbitrary code<\/a> contained within it. This could lead to severe repercussions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/yale-new-haven-health-system-data-breach-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-a-cybersecurity-breach-impacting-5-5-million-patients\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40301\">system compromise and data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective mitigation against this vulnerability is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. Upgrading to Forkosh Mime Tex version 1.77 or later will rectify the flaw and prevent the potential for arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29662-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-landchat\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"37392\">code execution<\/a>. For those unable to immediately apply the patch, a temporary mitigation would be the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3101-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-configurator-theme-core-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40300\">configured to detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, it&#8217;s best to apply the patch as soon as feasible to ensure complete protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we delve into a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-40446, affecting the Forkosh Mime Tex software prior to version 1.77. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code via a carefully crafted script, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given the severity of this vulnerability, with a CVSS score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-32881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32881"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35910,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32881\/revisions\/35910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=32881"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=32881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}