Fineract
CVE-2024-23537
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.8.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply principle of least privilege, validate privilege transitions, implement proper role separation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269), which allows attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access. Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.8.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue. Affected products include: Apache Fineract. Version information: version 1.9.0.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Apache Fineract.8.
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Apache Fineract.8.
In Apache Fineract versions 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating, Using a single quotation escape
SQL Injection vulnerability in various API endpoints - offices, dashboards, etc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), thi
Exposure of insufficiently protected credentials in Apache Fineract through 1.11.0 allows unauthenticated remote attacke
SQL injection in Apache Fineract's Report Execution API (the runreports endpoint) in all versions up to and including 1.
In Apache Fineract 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, and 0.6.0-incubating, an authenticated user with client/loan/cent
Apache Fineract allowed an authenticated user to perform remote code execution due to a path traversal vulnerability in
In Apache Fineract versions 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating, the system exposes different RE
Weak password requirements in Apache Fineract through 1.10.1 allow attackers to more easily compromise user accounts via
Authorization bypass in Apache Fineract through 1.11.0 lets an authenticated, low-privileged user access objects they sh
SQL injection in Apache Fineract's Office Search API (GET /api/v1/offices) in all versions up to and including 1.14.0 le
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