CVE-2024-57647
Published: 14 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57647 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 38.9% 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 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-57647 is a vulnerability in the row_insert_cast component of OpenLink Virtuoso Open-Source version 7.2.11. The issue allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition via crafted SQL statements. It is classified under CWE-89 (SQL Injection) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5, reflecting network accessibility (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), no confidentiality impact (C:N), high integrity impact (I:H), and no availability impact (A:N).
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation enables a DoS condition through specially crafted SQL statements targeting the row_insert_cast component.
Mitigation details are available in the referenced GitHub issue at https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1207.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53679
Vulnerability details
An issue in the row_insert_cast component of openlink virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing DB server directly maps to T1190 for initial exploitation; resulting DoS condition maps to T1499.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly prevents SQL injection attacks like CVE-2024-57647 by validating crafted SQL statements input to the row_insert_cast component.
Addresses the specific flaw in Virtuoso v7.2.11 by requiring timely remediation through patching as referenced in the GitHub issue.
Protects system availability against the DoS condition triggered by exploitation of this SQL injection vulnerability.