CVE-2024-38516 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-1295 vulnerability in aimeos/ai-client-html. A fix is available for aimeos/ai-client-html — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Aimeos HTML client may potentially reveal sensitive information in error log
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-38516.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-38516 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
aimeos/ai-client-html🐘aimeos/ai-client-html🐘aimeos/ai-client-html🐘aimeos/ai-client-htmlReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
ai-client-html is an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component. Debug information revealed sensitive information from environment variables in error log. This issue has been patched in versions 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13 and 2021.10.22.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2024.04.1&&< 2024.04.7 | 2024.04.7composer require aimeos/ai-client-html:^2024.04.7 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2023.04.1&&< 2023.10.15 | 2023.10.15composer require aimeos/ai-client-html:^2023.10.15 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2022.04.1&&< 2022.10.13 | 2022.10.13composer require aimeos/ai-client-html:^2022.10.13 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2021.10.1&&< 2021.10.22 | 2021.10.22composer require aimeos/ai-client-html:^2021.10.22 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for aimeos/ai-client-html, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update aimeos/ai-client-html to 2024.04.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-38516 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-38516 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-38516. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-38516 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-38516 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.