Cross-user file disclosure and overwrite via missing authorization
Published Oct 10, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2025
Incorrect authorization in Open WebUI 0.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to read admin file metadata and overwrite admin files. The document-list and RAG document endpoints fail to enforce file ownership or administrative authorization before returning metadata or replacing stored content. A non-admin account is required; exploitation exposes admin document metadata and can corrupt RAG inputs or interrupt dependent model use.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Open WebUI 0.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to read admin file metadata and overwrite admin files. The document-list and RAG document endpoints fail to enforce file ownership or administrative authorization before returning metadata or replacing stored content. A non-admin account is required; exploitation exposes admin document metadata and can corrupt RAG inputs or interrupt dependent model use.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-7048
- Published
- Oct 10, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Open WebUI
- Product
- Open WebUI
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.3.8
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=latest
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Public exploit references
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