CVE-2024-1212
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-1212 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-18) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-1212 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Progress Kemp LoadMaster contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the system through the LoadMaster management interface, enabling arbitrary system command execution.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An OS command injection vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote access to the system through the management interface.
- Who is affected
- Users of Progress Kemp LoadMaster.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Patch Progress Kemp LoadMaster to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-1212 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-1212: Progress Kemp LoadMaster OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-11-18
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