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CVE-2017-5537
medium
CVSS 5.3
Information Disclosure in weblate (CVE-2017-5537)
Summary
vulnerability in weblate (CVE-2017-5537). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2017-5537** has been found in weblate.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: upgrade weblate to **abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "weblate CVE-2017-5537" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-5537 (weblate) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in weblate.
📍 Affected scope
weblate — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'weblate' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'weblate' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `weblate` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade weblate to abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1ステージング環境で abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079, 2.10.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
weblate
[{"repo":"https:\/\/github.com\/WeblateOrg\/weblate","type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j24g-gm76-j829
- patch https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079
- report https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/issues/1317
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/11
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/1
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95676
- web https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/blob/weblate-2.10.1/docs/changes.rst