CVE-2024-57429
Published: 06 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57429 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Phpjabbers Cinema Booking System. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 24.5% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53584
Vulnerability details
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the pjActionUpdate function of PHPJabbers Cinema Booking System v2.0 allows remote attackers to escalate privileges by tricking an authenticated admin into submitting an unauthorized request.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The CSRF vulnerability in the web application enables exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) by tricking authenticated admins into performing unauthorized actions, such as updating user roles and passwords for account manipulation (T1098).
Affected Assets
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.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.