CVE-2024-5988
Published: 25 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-5988 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Thinmanager. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-5988 stems from improper input validation (CWE-20) affecting Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer. An unauthenticated network attacker can supply a malicious message that triggers invocation of a local or remote executable, resulting in remote code execution. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3 with network attack vector, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated threat actor with network access can exploit the condition by sending a crafted message to the ThinServer component, achieving arbitrary code execution on the affected system without authentication.
The vendor advisory SD1677 published by Rockwell Automation details the issue and associated remediation steps; it is available at the reference URL provided. The EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0733 and a peak of 0.0808.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47104
Vulnerability details
Due to an improper input validation, an unauthenticated threat actor can send a malicious message to invoke a local or remote executable and cause a remote code execution condition on the Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.