Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5725

High

Published: 21 August 2024

Published
21 August 2024
Modified
26 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.5130 97.9th percentile
Risk Priority 48 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5725 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Centreon Centreon Web. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Centreon is affected by CVE-2024-5725, a SQL injection vulnerability in the initCurveList function that leads to remote code execution. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied input used to build SQL queries, allowing an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the apache user on affected installations.

An authenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted string to the vulnerable function and leverage the resulting SQL injection to achieve code execution. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 and is tracked as ZDI-CAN-22683.

Public advisories from the Zero Day Initiative and Centreon describe the issue and point to available updates for Centreon Web that address the SQL injection.

The associated EPSS score sits at 0.5130 with a recorded peak of 0.5188, indicating sustained exploitation interest following disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Centreon initCurveList SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Centreon. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the initCurveList function. The issue results…

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from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the apache user. Was ZDI-CAN-22683.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

centreon
centreon web
≤ 22.10.23 · 23.04.0 — 23.04.19 · 23.10.0 — 23.10.13

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.

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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