Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3740

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 13 April 2024

Published
13 April 2024
Modified
21 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0007 21.4th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3740 is a medium-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Cym1102 Nginxwebui. 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 21.4th 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, which was classified as critical, has been found in cym1102 nginxWebUI up to 3.9.9. This issue affects the function exec of the file /adminPage/conf/reload. The manipulation of the argument nginxExe leads to deserialization. The attack may be initiated…

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remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-260579.

CWE(s)

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.
Why these techniques?

The deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in the nginxWebUI web interface at /adminPage/conf/reload allows remote, likely unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the nginxExe parameter for remote code execution, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications.

Affected Assets

cym1102
nginxwebui
≤ 4.2.4

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.

addresses: CWE-502

Penetration testing supplies malicious serialized objects, detecting unsafe deserialization and supporting corrective actions.

addresses: CWE-502

Evaluation of untrusted data handling (deserialization testing) reveals unsafe processing, which the required remediation process addresses.

addresses: CWE-502

Untrusted serialized data can be deserialized and observed inside the chamber, blocking gadget-chain exploitation outside the sandbox.

addresses: CWE-502

Validates or rejects untrusted serialized data before deserialization occurs.

addresses: CWE-502

Identifies and blocks malicious code introduced through deserialization of untrusted data at system boundaries.

addresses: CWE-502

Integrity verification of serialized information can detect tampering before deserialization occurs.

addresses: CWE-502

Provenance of associated data allows detection of untrusted sources before deserialization or processing occurs.

References