Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-2330

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 09 March 2024

Published
09 March 2024
Modified
05 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.9275 99.8th percentile
Risk Priority 68 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-2330 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Netentsec Application Security Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-2330 is a SQL injection vulnerability affecting the Netentsec NS-ASG Application Security Gateway version 6.3. The flaw resides in an unspecified component of the file /protocol/index.php, where unsanitized input to the IPAddr parameter allows malicious SQL statements to be executed.

The issue can be triggered remotely by an authenticated attacker with low-privileged credentials. Successful exploitation yields limited read, write, and disruption capabilities against the underlying database, as reflected in the CVSS 6.3 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Public proof-of-concept code has been released, enabling straightforward reproduction.

Vendor advisories and patches are unavailable; the product maintainer was notified prior to disclosure but provided no response. The referenced technical write-ups and Vuldb entries contain only the original researcher’s reproduction steps and do not list work-arounds or fixed firmware versions.

EPSS currently stands at 0.9275 with a recorded peak of 0.9306, indicating sustained and elevated exploitation interest since publication.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in Netentsec NS-ASG Application Security Gateway 6.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /protocol/index.php. The manipulation of the argument IPAddr leads to sql injection. It is possible to…

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initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-256281 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

netentsec
application security gateway
6.3

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