Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6279

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 24 June 2024

Published
24 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 0.0010 26.8th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6279 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Lahirudanushka School Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in lahirudanushka School Management System 1.0.0/1.0.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file examresults-par.php of the component Exam Results Page. The manipulation of the argument sid leads to…

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sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-269492.

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web application (examresults-par.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), server software components (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection from databases via arbitrary queries (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

lahirudanushka
school management system
1.0.1

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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