Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-55078

Critical

Published: 03 January 2025

Published
03 January 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 41.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55078 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-55078 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the /adminUser/updateImg component of WukongCRM-11.0-JAVA version 11.3.3. Published on 2025-01-03, the issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type). It enables attackers to upload crafted files that result in arbitrary code execution.

Remote, unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit the vulnerability with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation allows high-impact consequences, including unauthorized access to confidential data (C:H), modification of system integrity (I:H), and disruption of availability (A:H) via arbitrary code execution on the affected server.

Proof-of-concept details are available in provided references, including a GitHub Gist and a repository documenting the file upload vulnerability. No patch or mitigation guidance is specified in the available information.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /adminUser/updateImg of WukongCRM-11.0-JAVA v11.3.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted file.

CWE(s)
CWE-434

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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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

Arbitrary file upload (CWE-434) in public-facing web app directly enables remote unauthenticated RCE via web shell deployment.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of uploaded files to reject dangerous types and crafted malicious content, directly preventing unrestricted file uploads leading to arbitrary code execution.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces authentication and authorization for the /adminUser/updateImg endpoint, blocking unauthenticated remote attackers from exploiting the vulnerability.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Deploys malicious code protection mechanisms to scan and block uploaded crafted files capable of arbitrary code execution on the server.

References