Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0523

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2024

Published
14 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0004 14.2th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0523 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Cmseasy Cmseasy. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 14.2th 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 was found in CmsEasy up to 7.7.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getslide_child_action in the library lib/admin/language_admin.php. The manipulation of the argument sid leads to sql injection. The attack can…

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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-250693 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

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.
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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing CMS (lib/admin/language_admin.php) enables initial access via T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application), abuse of server software component per advisory (T1505), and arbitrary database queries for data collection (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

cmseasy
cmseasy
≤ 7.7.7.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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