Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8784

Medium

Published: 13 September 2024

Published
13 September 2024
Modified
19 September 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 0.0004 13.9th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8784 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Qdocs Smart School. 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 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in QDocs Smart School Management System 7.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /user/chat/mynewuser of the component Chat. The manipulation of the argument users[] with the input 1'+AND+(SELECT+3220+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))ZNun)+AND+'WwBM'%3d'WwBM…

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as part of POST Request Parameter leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 7.0.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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

The time-based blind SQL injection vulnerability in the public-facing web application's chat component (CVE-2024-8784) enables remote exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates collection of data from backend databases via arbitrary SQL query execution (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

qdocs
smart school
7.0.0

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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