Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-22059 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Ivanti Neurons For Itsm. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 38% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
A SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-22059 affects the web component of Ivanti Neurons for ITSM. The flaw, assigned CWE-89, permits unauthorized database operations and carries a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.8 reflecting network-accessible exploitation with low attack complexity and no user interaction required.
A remote authenticated user can exploit the issue to read, modify, or delete records in the underlying database, with the potential for denial-of-service conditions against the application. Because the attack requires valid credentials, the threat originates from insiders or compromised accounts rather than unauthenticated external parties.
Vendor guidance is published in the Ivanti Security Advisory dated May 2024, available at the referenced Ivanti forums URL, which addresses remediation steps for the affected product.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values after disclosure to a recorded peak of 0.0733 on 2025-12-18 before receding to the current score of 0.0399, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest following public release.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19657
Vulnerability Data
A SQL injection vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Neurons for ITSM allows a remote authenticated user to read/modify/delete information in the underlying database. This may also lead to DoS.
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Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover SQLi flaws before deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching SQL query construction without neutralization.
Secure engineering principles require parameterized queries and input sanitization that structurally eliminate SQLi.
System monitoring can identify attempted SQLi exploitation via anomalous queries after the weakness exists.
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
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.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.