Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8021

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
26 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0255 85.8th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8021 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Gradio Project Gradio. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked in the top 14.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Machine Learning Libraries; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An open redirect vulnerability exists in the latest version of gradio-app/gradio. The vulnerability allows an attacker to redirect users to a malicious website by URL encoding. This can be exploited by sending a crafted request to the application, which results…

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in a 302 redirect to an attacker-controlled site.

CWE(s)
CWE-601

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Machine Learning Libraries
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: gradio

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Open redirect allows crafting malicious links to legitimate Gradio instances that redirect users to attacker-controlled sites, enabling drive-by compromise (T1189) and spearphishing link attacks (T1566.002).

Affected Assets

gradio project
gradio
all versions

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.

AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
addresses: CWE-601

Security awareness includes verifying URLs and avoiding untrusted redirects that lead to malicious sites.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-601

Validates redirect targets and URLs to ensure they conform to allowed destinations.

References