CVE-2024-12251
Published: 12 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-12251 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Progress Telerik Ui For Winui. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 47.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-12251 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) in Progress Telerik UI for WinUI versions prior to 2025 Q1 (3.0.0), caused by improper neutralization of hyperlink elements. Published on 2025-02-12, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact on affected systems.
A local attacker with no privileges can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into interacting with a malicious hyperlink, such as clicking it in a UI context. Successful exploitation enables command injection, allowing the attacker to achieve high levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts on the targeted system.
The Telerik security advisory at https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winui/security/kb-security-command-injection-cve-2024-12251 provides details on mitigation, with the fix available in version 2025 Q1 (3.0.0) and later. Security practitioners should ensure upgrades for affected installations.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50715
Vulnerability details
In Progress Telerik UI for WinUI versions prior to 2025 Q1 (3.0.0), a command injection attack is possible through improper neutralization of hyperlink elements.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Command injection via malicious hyperlink directly enables arbitrary command execution (T1059) after user interaction with crafted UI element (T1204.001).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates CVE-2024-12251 by requiring timely identification, reporting, and patching of the vulnerable Telerik UI for WinUI versions to 2025 Q1 (3.0.0) or later.
Prevents command injection exploitation by enforcing information input validation and proper neutralization of hyperlink elements at input points in the UI.
Identifies the presence of vulnerable Telerik UI versions through regular vulnerability scanning, enabling prompt remediation of this specific CVE.