CVE-2024-38225: CWE-287: Improper Authentication in Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-38225) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1 involves improper authentication (CWE-287) that could allow an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates it is remotely exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no user interaction required, and results in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Given the high CVSS score (8.8), the impact is significant. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Administrators should verify that their environment is updated according to Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38225 to ensure the vulnerability is mitigated.
CVE-2024-38225: CWE-287: Improper Authentication in Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1
Description
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2024-38225) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1 involves improper authentication (CWE-287) that could allow an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates it is remotely exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, no user interaction required, and results in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Given the high CVSS score (8.8), the impact is significant. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Administrators should verify that their environment is updated according to Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38225 to ensure the vulnerability is mitigated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.225Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38225","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c74b7ef31ef0b56439a
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:48:19 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 37
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