High severity · published Nov 5, 2024
CVE-2024-51240
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…
8.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LU
Luci · Openwrt
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51240
github.com
https://github.com/VitoCrl/vulnerability_research/tree/main/CVE-2024-51240
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