Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36597

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 June 2024

Published
14 June 2024
Modified
06 February 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.8700 99.5th percentile
Risk Priority 70 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36597 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Projectworlds Life Insurance Management System. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Aegon Life v1.0, a life insurance management system, contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the clientStatus.php file that is triggered through the client_id parameter. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-36597 and is classified under CWE-89, carrying a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 that reflects network-accessible exploitation with low attack complexity and low privileges required.

An authenticated attacker can supply crafted input to the client_id parameter and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the backend database. Successful exploitation grants the ability to read, modify, or delete sensitive records, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application data.

Public proof-of-concept code and an Exploit-DB entry have been published, and the vulnerability maintains a high EPSS score near 0.87. No vendor advisory or patch information is referenced in available sources.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Aegon Life v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the client_id parameter at clientStatus.php.

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing web application (clientStatus.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates unauthorized access to database contents (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

projectworlds
life insurance 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.

References