CVE-2024-51240

Status: DeferredHigh (8)—

An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation from an admin account to root via the JSON-RPC-API, which is exposed by the luci-mod-rpc package

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 17
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 %
Primary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Secondary impactT1552 Unsecured Credentialscredential access70 %

AV:A/PR:L indica acceso de red adyacente con privilegios de admin: T1210. El atacante logra escalada a root (T1068) y potencial exposición de datos del sistema (T1552) via JSON-RPC-API.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Update Software Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Active Directory Configuration

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Openwrt — Luci-mod-rpc^AI

CWEs

CWE-522

References

https://github.com/VitoCrl/vulnerability_research/tree/main/CVE-2024-51240

Raw JSON (NVD)

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