Caterease
CVE-2024-38882
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.96%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later versions, allows a remote attacker to perform command line execution through SQL Injection due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command. Affected products include: Horizoncloud Caterease. Version information: through 24.0.1.2405.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
DescriptionCVE.org
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later versions, allows a remote attacker to perform command line execution through SQL Injection due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitabl
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.4), this vulnerability is no authentication requi
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, n
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, n
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, n
An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication req
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