CVE-2024-57401

CriticalRCE

Published: 20 February 2025

Published

20 February 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0440 89.1th percentile

Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57401 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Universitysolutions (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 10.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Directly prevents SQL injection in the Forgot Password function by requiring validation and sanitization of untrusted user inputs before database queries.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw enabling arbitrary code execution in Uniclare Student Portal v2.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match

prevent

Boundary protection mechanisms like web application firewalls can inspect and block SQL injection payloads targeting the unauthenticated Forgot Password endpoint.

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?

Direct unauthenticated RCE on a public-facing web application via injection in the forgot-password endpoint enables initial access through exploitation of a public-facing application.

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

NVD Description

SQL Injection vulnerability in Uniclare Student portal v.2 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Forgot Password function.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-57401, published on 2025-02-20, is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-94) in Uniclare Student Portal version 2 and earlier versions. The issue is located in the Forgot Password function, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

With 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), the vulnerability is highly severe due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, lack of required privileges or user interaction, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it remotely to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Mitigation details and further information are available in the referenced advisory at https://github.com/aksingh82/CVE-2024-57401 and on the affected software's site at https://studentportal.universitysolutions.in/.