{"id":64383,"date":"2025-08-28T21:49:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:49:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T01:05:40","slug":"cve-2024-57491-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-jobx-up-to-v1-0-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57491-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-jobx-up-to-v1-0-1\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-57491: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in jobx Up To v1.0.1<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is continually evolving, and with it comes new vulnerabilities that could potentially impact numerous systems worldwide. One recent vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-57491, poses a significant threat to systems running jobx up to v1.0.1-RELEASE. It&#8217;s an Authentication Bypass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72795\">vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access<\/a> sensitive APIs without any token via the preHandle function.<br \/>\nThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73733\">vulnerability is concerning due to its potential<\/a> impact on system integrity and data security. It could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44655-unauthorized-access-and-privilege-escalation-in-totolink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73266\">unauthorized access<\/a>, system compromise, or data leakage, making it a significant concern for all organizations utilizing the affected versions of jobx.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-57491<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74344\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1132118640\" 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>jobx | Up to v1.0.1-RELEASE<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an authentication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48903-permission-bypass-vulnerability-in-media-library-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72873\">bypass vulnerability<\/a> in jobx. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting and sending a specific request to the preHandle function of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52914-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-mitel-micollab-suite-applications-services\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75680\">jobx<\/a> application. This would allow them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44957-ruckus-smartzone-authentication-bypass-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74027\">bypass the need for authentication<\/a> tokens, thereby gaining unauthorized access to sensitive APIs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3568427838\" 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>To conceptualize how this vulnerability might be exploited, consider the following HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77275\">request that could be sent by an attacker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/api\/v1\/sensitive-data HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nUser-Agent: Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/58.0.3029.110 Safari\/537.3<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This request attempts to access a sensitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55306-critical-api-key-and-authentication-token-exposure-in-genx-fx-trading-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81358\">API endpoint without providing any authentication token<\/a>. If the target system is vulnerable (i.e., running an affected version of jobx), the request will be processed without any need for validation, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72656\">unauthorized access to sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8913-critical-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-wellchoose-s-organization-portal-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82426\">Organizations affected by this vulnerability<\/a> are advised to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch as soon as possible to mitigate the risk of an attack. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation strategy. These systems can help detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8059-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-b-blocks-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76521\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>, providing additional layers of protection until the patch can be applied. Regular patch management and system updates, along with a robust cybersecurity strategy, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43275-critical-race-condition-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71642\">critical in preventing such vulnerabilities<\/a> from becoming a gateway for potential attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is continually evolving, and with it comes new vulnerabilities that could potentially impact numerous systems worldwide. One recent vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-57491, poses a significant threat to systems running jobx up to v1.0.1-RELEASE. It&#8217;s an Authentication Bypass vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access sensitive APIs without any token via [&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":[77,91,82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[75],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apple","vendor-google","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-authentication-bypass"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64383","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=64383"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74943,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64383\/revisions\/74943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64383"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}