CVE-2024-8774 Privilege Escalation in SIMPLE.ERP
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to database administrator because the client stores the superuser password in a recoverable format.
- 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-2024-8774?
CVE-2024-8774 is a high-severity vulnerability in SIMPLE.ERP, published on 24 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SIMPLE.ERP client stores superuser password in a recoverable format, allowing any authenticated SIMPLE.ERP user to escalate privileges to a database administrator.
This issue affect SIMPLE.ERP from 6.20 through 6.30. Only the 6.30 version received a patch [email protected], which removed the vulnerability. Versions 6.20 and 6.25 remain unpatched.
Weakness: CWE-257
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8774?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8774?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8774 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8774 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8774 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v44-wc7v-87rm.