CVE-2024-42578: Warehouse Inventory System · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.0 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2024-42578, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply any available patches or updates from the Warehouse Inventory System vendor as soon as they are released. 2) If patches are not yet available, implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious CSRF attempts targeting edit_product.php. 3) Enforce strict anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing requests, ensuring tokens are unique per session and validated server-side. 4) Review and harden user privilege assignments to minimize the number of users with elevated rights, reducing the impact of potential exploitation. 5) Educate users about phishing and social engineering tactics to reduce the risk of user interaction leading to exploitation. 6) Monitor logs for unusual activity related to product editing or privilege changes, enabling early detection of exploitation attempts. 7) Consider implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) to add an additional layer of security for privileged users. 8) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on CSRF and privilege escalation vectors within the application environment.
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the component edit_product.php of Warehouse Inventory System v2.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges.