Security Resilience

CVE-2024-1713

Plv8 3.2.1

Public PoC
Published
14 March 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0055 45th percentile
Risk Priority 49 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-2024-1713 is a high-severity Unexpected Status Code or Return Value (CWE-394) vulnerability in Plv8 Plv8. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked at the 45th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A user who can create objects in a database with plv8 3.2.1 installed is able to cause deferred triggers to execute as the Superuser during autovacuum.

CWE(s)
CWE-394CWE-754

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control
Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.
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 →
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
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 →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-28975Shared CWE-394, CWE-754
CVE-2023-48429Shared CWE-394, CWE-754
CVE-2025-48510Shared CWE-394
CVE-2025-12516Shared CWE-394
CVE-2025-22854Shared CWE-394
CVE-2026-25085Shared CWE-394
CVE-2025-23013Shared CWE-394
CVE-2025-12515Shared CWE-394
CVE-2026-76956Shared CWE-394
CVE-2023-25948Shared CWE-394

Affected Assets

plv8
plv8
3.2.1

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation at post-design stages will find missing or incorrect checks for unexpected but valid return values.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly requires checking for unexpected or malformed conditions before they propagate.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate exhaustive checking of all function return values.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Engineering principles such as defensive programming and complete return-value checking stop the weakness from being introduced in code.

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 proper validation of all function return values and status codes.

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.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging can record unhandled exceptions but does not prevent the weakness itself.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities partial match
finds

Monitoring may detect symptoms of unhandled conditions but does not eliminate the root weakness.

A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
removes
A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle requires handling of all return values and status codes.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against attacks like SQL injection) be identified and specified during development or acquisition; it does not itself enforce, implement, or prevent the specific missing or incorrect status-code check that CWE-394 names.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
removes

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-754, a class-level weakness. Rules are authored against its narrower children: CWE-354.

References