8.0
HIGH
CVE-2024-51240
OpenWRT Luci LTS JSON-RPC-API Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation from an admin account to root via the JSON-RPC-API, which is exposed by the luci-mod-rpc package

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 5, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 6, 2024, 8:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

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URL Resource
https://github.com/VitoCrl/vulnerability_research/tree/main/CVE-2024-51240

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-51240 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Nov. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-522
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation from an admin account to root via the JSON-RPC-API, which is exposed by the luci-mod-rpc package
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/VitoCrl/vulnerability_research/tree/main/CVE-2024-51240 [No types assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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