Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-57638

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
17 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57638 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Openlinksw Virtuoso. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 47.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

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) and 1 other technique. 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 attacks by validating and sanitizing crafted SQL statements input to the dfe_body_copy component.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific flaw in Virtuoso v7.2.11 through timely patching as detailed in the vendor's GitHub issue.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection partial match
preventdetect

Mitigates the high availability impact of DoS by implementing protections against resource exhaustion triggered by SQL injection.

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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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Remote unauthenticated SQL injection in public-facing DB server directly enables T1190 for initial access and T1499.004 for application exploitation causing DoS.

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

NVD Description

An issue in the dfe_body_copy component of openlink virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-57638 affects the dfe_body_copy component in OpenLink Virtuoso Open-Source version 7.2.11. The vulnerability enables attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by sending crafted SQL statements, stemming from CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command, or SQL Injection). It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating high availability impact with no effects on confidentiality or integrity.

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this over the network with low attack complexity. Exploitation disrupts service availability, potentially rendering the affected Virtuoso instance unresponsive.

Mitigation details are available in the GitHub issue at https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1190.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Affected Products

openlinksw
virtuoso
7.2.11

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