Discount reuse via unsynchronized promo-code usage checks
Published Sep 6, 2024 · Updated Sep 6, 2024
Race condition in alf.io before 2.0-M5 allows remote attackers to exceed an organizer-set promo code limit through concurrent reservations. The reservation flow checks promo-code validity twice without serializing the usage-count check and reservation write, so synchronized requests can each observe remaining capacity before either consumes it. No account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation applies the same limited discount to multiple registrations, causing financial loss rather than code execution or data disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in alf.io before 2.0-M5 allows remote attackers to exceed an organizer-set promo code limit through concurrent reservations. The reservation flow checks promo-code validity twice without serializing the usage-count check and reservation write, so synchronized requests can each observe remaining capacity before either consumes it. No account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation applies the same limited discount to multiple registrations, causing financial loss rather than code execution or data disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45300
- Published
- Sep 6, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Alf.io
- Product
- alf.io
- Classifications
- CWE-362
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.0-m5
- Affected versionversion=< 2.0-M5
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- Concurrent reservation proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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