{"id":"CVE-2024-43797","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-43797","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:26:59.145Z","title":"A non-admin user is not allowed to create libraries (or access only the ones they have permission to).","description":"audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. A non-admin user is not allowed to create libraries (or access only the ones they have permission to). However, the `LibraryController` is missing the check for admin user and thus allows a path traversal issue. Allowing non-admin users to write to any directory in the system can be seen as a form of path traversal. However, since it can be restricted to only admin permissions, fixing this is relatively simple and falls more into the realm of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). This issue has been addressed in release version 2.13.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.","published":"2024-09-02T18:15:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:51:44.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["audiobookshelf/audiobookshelf"],"epss":{"score":0.00546,"percentile":0.45515,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-ghsa-gg56-vj58-g5mc/pull/1","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/blob/1c0d6e9c670ebb1b6f1e427a4c4d9250a7fb9b80/server/controllers/LibraryController.js#L43-L47","tags":["Product"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-gg56-vj58-g5mc","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43797","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}