Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38882

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 02 August 2024

Published
02 August 2024
Modified
24 February 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0660 91.4th percentile
Risk Priority 24 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38882 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Horizoncloud Caterease. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 8.6% 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-2024-38882 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) present in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease versions 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later releases. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements used in operating system commands and is reachable via SQL injection, resulting in a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.

A remote attacker with no authentication or user interaction can supply crafted input to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the affected server, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Public references include a Packet Storm disclosure detailing SQL injection and command injection bypass techniques along with vendor sites for Caterease and Horizon; no vendor advisory or patch information is provided in the available references. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0660 with no material increase since publication.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later versions, allows a remote attacker to perform command line execution through SQL Injection due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

horizoncloud
caterease
16.0.1.1663 — 24.0.1.2405

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-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References