CVE-2024-8504 VICIdial Authenticated Remote Code Execution
Authenticated agents can execute arbitrary shell commands as root, enabling full system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8504?
CVE-2024-8504 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in VICIdial, published on 10 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker with authenticated access to VICIdial as an "agent" can execute arbitrary shell commands as the "root" user. This attack can be chained with CVE-2024-8503 to execute arbitrary shell commands starting from an unauthenticated perspective.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8504?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8504?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-8504 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8504 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r47m-g4vh-pxf6.