Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48814

HighPublic PoC

Published: 03 January 2025

Published
03 January 2025
Modified
28 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0009 25.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48814 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Silverpeas Silverpeas. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 25.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-48814 is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in Silverpeas 6.4.1. The issue affects the findbywhereclause function, where the ViewType parameter fails to properly sanitize input, enabling attackers to inject malicious SQL payloads.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, and lack of required privileges or user interaction. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit it to obtain sensitive information from the database.

Mitigation is provided through patches in Silverpeas repositories, including pull request #859 in Silverpeas-Components and pull request #1353 in Silverpeas-Core. Further details on the vulnerability, including a proof-of-concept, are documented in the referenced Gist at https://gist.github.com/SubZ3r0-0x01/7150f7cbc3b7d810adb221cae3d08fc8.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL Injection vulnerability in Silverpeas 6.4.1 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the ViewType parameter of the findbywhereclause function

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in a network-accessible web application directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing app for unauthorized database access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

silverpeas
silverpeas
6.4.1

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 mandates validating information inputs such as the ViewType parameter to block malicious SQL payloads in the findbywhereclause function.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 requires timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this SQL injection vulnerability, aligning with available Silverpeas patches.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

RA-5 involves scanning for vulnerabilities like SQL injection in applications such as Silverpeas to identify and prioritize remediation.

References