CVE-2024-31822
Published: 29 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-31822 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Ecommerce-Codeigniter-Bootstrap Project Ecommerce-Codeigniter-Bootstrap. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.0% 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-2024-31822 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Ecommerce-CodeIgniter-Bootstrap project, specifically in the saveLanguageFiles method of the Languages.php component at commit d22b54e8915f167a135046ceb857caaf8479c4da. The flaw is categorized under CWE-94 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible code injection without authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected method and achieve arbitrary code execution on the server, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack requires only network reachability to the application endpoint that invokes saveLanguageFiles.
Public references include a technical write-up and proof-of-concept gist along with the associated GitHub commit; these materials document the injection vector but do not describe an official vendor advisory or coordinated patch release. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0618 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-29694
Vulnerability details
An issue in Ecommerce-CodeIgniter-Bootstrap commit v. d22b54e8915f167a135046ceb857caaf8479c4da allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the saveLanguageFiles method of the Languages.php component.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.