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TI-2024-10862 Aliases CVE-2024-11716GHSA-7wpf-4jwj-r2v3

While assignment of a user to a team (bracket) in CTFd should be possible only once, at…

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-837Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

While assignment of a user to a team (bracket) in CTFd should be possible only once, at the registration, a flaw in logic implementation allows an authenticated user to reset it's bracket and then pick a new one, joining another team while a competition is already ongoing. This issue impacts releases from 3.7.0 up to 3.7.4 and was addressed by pull request 2636 https://github.com/CTFd/CTFd/pull/2636  included in 3.7.5 release.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.11584 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

No affected products listed by the sources yet.

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    CTFd — blog.ctfd.io/ctfd-3-7-5

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2024-10863 Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used…Priority MEDIUM 61
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11716
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7wpf-4jwj-r2v3

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-10863 Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2020-05852 Incorrect username validation in the registration process of CTFd v2.0.0 - v2.2.2 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-84368 Information disclosure in CTFd team list API exposes hidden fields CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2020-04346 session fixation in rCTF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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