Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0425

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 11 January 2024

Published
11 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0425 is a medium-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Foru Cms Project Foru Cms. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ForU CMS up to 2020-06-23. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/index.php?act=reset_admin_psw. The manipulation leads to weak password recovery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed…

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to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250444.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
Why these techniques?

CVE-2024-0425 enables remote exploitation of a weak password recovery mechanism (CWE-640) in the public-facing ForU CMS /admin/index.php?act=reset_admin_psw endpoint (T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application), facilitating unsecured access to admin credentials (T1552: Unsecured Credentials).

Affected Assets

foru cms project
foru cms
≤ 2020-06-23

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

References