Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3259

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 03 April 2024

Published
03 April 2024
Modified
10 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0020 42.4th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3259 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Chatikobo Internship Portal Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 42.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/delete_activity.php. The manipulation of the argument activity_id leads to sql injection. The attack can be…

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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259108.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

The SQL injection vulnerability in the admin web endpoint enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190), abuse of server software components via injection (T1505 as noted in advisory), and unauthorized data collection from databases (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

chatikobo
internship portal management system
1.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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