# CVE-2024-2449: LoadMaster Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> An attacker can trick an authenticated LoadMaster administrator into executing unauthorized actions via a malicious site, potentially modifying configuration or escalating privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6xvx-6cwv-53hw

## What is CVE-2024-2449?

CVE-2024-2449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software LoadMaster, published on 22 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability has been identified in LoadMaster.  It is possible for a malicious actor, who has prior knowledge of the IP or hostname of a specific LoadMaster, to direct an authenticated LoadMaster administrator to a third-party site. In such a scenario, the CSRF payload hosted on the malicious site would execute HTTP transactions on behalf of the LoadMaster administrator.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2449?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Loadmaster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2449?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software LoadMaster

- [CVE-2024-1212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1212/): Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-5287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5287/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-56131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56131/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-56132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56132/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-56133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56133/): Improper Input Validation vulnerability of Authenticated User in Progress LoadMaster allows : OS Command Injection. (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2449 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software LoadMaster, published on 22 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software LoadMaster. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2449/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2449/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2449
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2449
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2449

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2449/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.