CVE-2024-42360 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting SequenceServer, a tool for setting up BLAST+ servers. Improper sanitization of user input and query parameters in several HTTP endpoints allows for the injection and execution of arbitrary shell commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. Organizations using SequenceServer should upgrade to version 3.1.2 immediately to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wurmlab:sequenceserver:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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