CVE-2024-6456 SQL Injection vulnerability in AVEVA Historian Server
An attacker can execute malicious SQL commands via a crafted URL, requiring user interaction, potentially leading to code execution or data access.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6456?
CVE-2024-6456 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in AVEVA Historian Web Server, published on 15 Aug 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
AVEVA Historian Server has a vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a malicious SQL command to execute under the privileges of an interactive Historian REST Interface user who had been socially engineered by a miscreant into opening a specially crafted URL.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6456?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6456?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-6456 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6456 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h755-c54r-2xq5.