Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4257

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 April 2024

Published
27 April 2024
Modified
15 October 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 0.9213 99.7th percentile
Risk Priority 68 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4257 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Bluenettechnology Clinical Browsing System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-4257 exists in BlueNet Technology Clinical Browsing System 1.2.1 and has been rated critical under CWE-89. It resides in an unknown portion of the /xds/deleteStudy.php file, where manipulation of the documentUniqueId argument permits SQL injection; the flaw can be triggered remotely and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.3.

An authenticated attacker with low privileges can supply crafted input to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the backend database, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Public exploit code has already been released.

The associated EPSS score stands at 0.9213 with a recorded peak of 0.9254. References containing further technical details are published on VulDB and GitHub.

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Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in BlueNet Technology Clinical Browsing System 1.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /xds/deleteStudy.php. The manipulation of the argument documentUniqueId leads to sql injection. It is possible to…

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initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-262149 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web application /xds/deleteStudy.php enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and abuse of server software components via injected SQL commands (T1505, as mapped in advisory).

Affected Assets

bluenettechnology
clinical browsing system
1.2.1

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