Security Resilience

CVE-2024-24621

Softaculous Webuzo ≤ 4.2.9

Published
25 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.012 66th percentile
Risk Priority 73 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-2024-24621 is a critical-severity Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697) vulnerability in Softaculous Webuzo. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 34% 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 AC-25 (Reference Monitor) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Softaculous Webuzo contains an authentication bypass vulnerability through the password reset functionality. Remote, anonymous attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain full server access as the root user.

CWE(s)
CWE-697

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-24623Same product: Softaculous Webuzo
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CVE-2023-6598Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2024-8669Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2024-1189Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2024-0842Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2024-0697Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2023-49746Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2024-43299Same vendor: Softaculous
CVE-2023-41935Shared CWE-697

Affected Assets

softaculous
webuzo
≤ 4.2.9

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation directly exercises security-relevant comparisons to discover incorrect logic.

AC-25 Reference Monitor partial match

A reference monitor must be small and correct, structurally limiting the chance of flawed comparison logic in authorization decisions.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Security engineering principles require correct implementation of comparison logic used for access and authentication decisions.

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.5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements partial match
removes
A.5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation partial match
removes
A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle includes code review and testing that can catch incorrect comparison logic.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

Application security requirements can mandate correct comparison logic for security decisions.

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

Secure architecture principles can require robust comparison mechanisms for access decisions.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address avoiding incorrect comparison operators and logic.

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-697, a pillar-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References