Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-1301

Critical

Published: 12 March 2024

Published
12 March 2024
Modified
26 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3318 97.0th percentile
Risk Priority 40 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-1301 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Badgermeter Monitool. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-1301 is a SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CWE-89, that affects Badger Meter Monitool versions 4.6.3 and earlier. The flaw resides in the handling of the j_username parameter, enabling an attacker to submit a crafted SQL query that retrieves arbitrary data from the backend database. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction.

A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network to read, modify, or delete database contents, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability for the affected Monitool instance.

Public advisories published by INCIBE detail the vulnerability alongside other issues in the same product and are available at the referenced URL. The associated EPSS score has remained at 0.3318 since disclosure with no material increase observed.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL injection vulnerability in Badger Meter Monitool affecting versions 4.6.3 and earlier. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SQL query to the server via the j_username parameter and retrieve the information stored in the database.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

badgermeter
monitool
≤ 4.7

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-89

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

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References