Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40520

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 July 2024

Published
12 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0268 86.2th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40520 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Seacms Seacms. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.8% 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

Vulnerability details

SeaCMS 12.9 has a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability is caused by admin_config_mark.php directly splicing and writing the user input data into inc_photowatermark_config.php without processing it, which allows authenticated attackers to exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands and…

more

obtain system permissions.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

seacms
seacms
12.9

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-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

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