CVE-2024-46540
Published: 30 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-46540 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Emlog Emlog. 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 30.2% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41868
Vulnerability details
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the component /admin/store.php of Emlog Pro before v2.3.15 allows attackers to use remote file downloads and self-extract fucntions to upload webshells to the target server, thereby obtaining system privileges.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application (/admin/store.php) for RCE (T1190), specifically by downloading remote files, self-extracting, and uploading webshells to achieve code execution and system privileges (T1100).
Affected Assets
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.
Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.
Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.
Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.