CVE-2024-5746 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-5746
Vulnerability Scoring

7.6
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2024-5746 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: High
    High-level privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-5746 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕚 21 Jun 2024, 11:22 UTC
Originally published on: 🕙 20 Jun 2024, 22:15 UTC

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

product-cna@github.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

CVE-2024-5746 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-5746: A Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker with the Site Administrator role to gain arbitrary code execution capability on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. Exploitation required authenticated access to GitHub Enterprise Server as a user with the Site Administrator role. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.12.5, 3.11.11, 3.10.13, and 3.9.16. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-5746

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-5746 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-5746

The exploitability of CVE-2024-5746 is influenced by multiple factors. Security teams should analyze system configurations and apply appropriate countermeasures to mitigate threats.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-5746, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-5746, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-5746 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2024-5746 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: Low
    CVE-2024-5746 may slightly degrade system performance without fully affecting service availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.062% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 29.54% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 70.46000000000001% of others.

CVE-2024-5746 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-664 An adversary exploits improper input validation by submitting maliciously crafted input to a target application running on a server, with the goal of forcing the server to make a request either to itself, to web services running in the server’s internal network, or to external third parties. If successful, the adversary’s request will be made with the server’s privilege level, bypassing its authentication controls. This ultimately allows the adversary to access sensitive data, execute commands on the server’s network, and make external requests with the stolen identity of the server. Server Side Request Forgery attacks differ from Cross Site Request Forgery attacks in that they target the server itself, whereas CSRF attacks exploit an insecure user authentication mechanism to perform unauthorized actions on the user's behalf.

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