Security Resilience

CVE-2024-12629

Progress Kendoreact 3.5.0 – 9.4.0

Published
12 February 2025
Modified
27 June 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0069 52th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-12629 is a medium-severity Prototype Pollution (CWE-1321) vulnerability in Progress Kendoreact. Its CVSS base score is 4.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked in the top 48% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-12629 is a prototype pollution vulnerability in Progress Telerik KendoReact versions v3.5.0 through v9.4.0. It enables an attacker to introduce or modify properties within the global prototype chain, which can lead to denial of service or command injection. The issue is classified under CWE-1321 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Exploitation is possible over the network by an attacker with high privileges, though it requires high attack complexity and no user interaction. Upon success, the attacker can achieve low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, aligning with the potential for denial of service or command injection as described.

The Telerik knowledge base provides details on mitigation in their security advisory at https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/knowledge-base/kb-security-protoype-pollution-2024-12629.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In Progress® Telerik® KendoReact versions v3.5.0 through v9.4.0, an attacker can introduce or modify properties within the global prototype chain which can result in denial of service or command injection.

CWE(s)
CWE-1321

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1008 Fallback Channels Command And Control
Adversaries may use fallback or alternate communication channels if the primary channel is compromised or inaccessible in order to maintain reliable command and control and to avoid data transfer thresholds.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

progress
kendoreact
3.5.0 — 9.4.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.3.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and safe property assignment to prevent prototype pollution.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References