Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4399

SSRF in Apereo Central Authentication Service

Public PoCSSRF
Published
23 May 2024
Modified
30 June 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.018 77th percentile
Risk Priority 82 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4399 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Apereo Central Authentication Service. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 23% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-4399 is a server-side request forgery vulnerability (CWE-918) caused by missing validation of a parameter before the software issues a request to the supplied value. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 and affects the component referenced in the associated WPScan entry published on 23 May 2024.

Unauthenticated attackers with network access can supply an arbitrary URL and force the affected software to make an outbound request, resulting in high impact to confidentiality and integrity without any user interaction or privileges.

The linked WPScan advisories describe the issue and are the primary public sources of technical detail and remediation guidance for the vulnerability.

EPSS for the CVE reached a peak of 0.3006 and currently stands at 0.2505, indicating sustained moderate exploitation interest after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The does not validate a parameter before making a request to it, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform SSRF attack

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-11209Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2023-4612Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2025-3984Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2025-3986Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2024-11208Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2025-3985Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2024-11207Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2023-28857Same product: Apereo Central Authentication Service
CVE-2025-46568Shared CWE-918
CVE-2024-51408Shared CWE-918

Affected Assets

apereo
central authentication service
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.6
  • V1.5.3
  • V5.3.2
  • V10.4.7

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Information flow enforcement can restrict which destinations the server is allowed to contact on behalf of users.

Input validation directly stops untrusted URLs from being accepted and fetched without destination checks.

Boundary protection limits the network reach of server-initiated requests even if SSRF occurs.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.

References