CVE-2024-36467: Authentication privilege escalation via user groups due to missing authorization checks

7.5 CVSS

Description

An authenticated user with API access (e.g.: user with default User role), more specifically a user with access to the user.update API endpoint is enough to be able to add themselves to any group (e.g.: Zabbix Administrators), except to groups that are disabled or having restricted GUI access.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-36467

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: Zabbix

Product: Zabbix

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-25614

Timeline