Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-0637

High

Published: 01 April 2024

Published
01 April 2024
Modified
07 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.7871 99.1th percentile
Risk Priority 65 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-0637 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Centreon Centreon Web. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-0637 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the updateDirectory function of Centreon that leads to remote code execution. The flaw arises from missing validation of user-supplied input before it is used to build SQL queries, allowing an attacker to influence query logic and ultimately run code under the service account. It affects authenticated sessions on vulnerable Centreon installations and is tracked as CWE-89 with a CVSS 3.0 score of 8.8.

An attacker who already possesses valid credentials can send a crafted request to the updateDirectory endpoint and achieve arbitrary code execution on the server. No unauthenticated exploitation path is described.

The Zero Day Initiative published advisory ZDI-24-118 for this issue. The EPSS score stands at 0.7871 with no material increase from its recorded peak.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Centreon updateDirectory SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Centreon. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the updateDirectory function. The issue results…

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from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-22294.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

centreon
centreon web
≤ 22.04.19 · 22.10.2 — 22.10.17 · 23.04.0 — 23.04.13

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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