What is CVE-2024-40120?

CVE-2024-40120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Seaweedfs, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-40120?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Seaweedfs

CVE-2024-40120

seaweedfs v3.68 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the component /abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store.go.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2025-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Seaweedfs — versions 3.68

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/issues/5710 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
gist.github.com/sud0why/1b2115c1d644bd3db1c1b3f16684a78c (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40120?: CVE-2024-40120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Seaweedfs, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-40120?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.