Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-55509

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 December 2024

Published
20 December 2024
Modified
03 April 2025
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 0.0186 83.5th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55509 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Codeastro Complaint Management System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 16.5% 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

Vulnerability details

SQL injection vulnerability in CodeAstro Complaint Management System v.1.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the id parameter of the delete.php component.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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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?

CVE-2024-55509 is an SQL injection in a public-facing web application (delete.php) enabling remote arbitrary code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation, directly mapping to T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) and T1068 (Exploitation for Privilege Escalation).

Affected Assets

codeastro
complaint management system
1.0

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