Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6043

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 17 June 2024

Published
17 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.2668 96.5th percentile
Risk Priority 30 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6043 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Mayurik Best House Rental Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 3.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

A critical SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6043 and assigned CWE-89, affects the login function in admin_class.php of SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System version 1.0. The flaw arises from improper handling of the username argument, enabling an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands.

The issue can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers over the network, potentially allowing unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, or modification of application data. Public exploit code has been disclosed, and the vulnerability carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9.

The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.2668 with no material increase since disclosure.

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Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System 1.0. This affects the function login of the file admin_class.php. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate…

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the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-268767.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in unauthenticated login of public-facing PHP web app enables initial access via exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and execution through server software component (T1505), as mapped in advisories.

Affected Assets

mayurik
best house rental management system
1.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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