CVE-2024-32371
Published: 07 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-32371 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Hsclabs Mailinspector. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-30189
Vulnerability details
An issue in HSC Cybersecurity HC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3 through 5.2.18 allows a regular user account to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access by changing the type parameter from 1 to 0.
- 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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.