Privilege escalation in Wazuh

CVE-2024-47770

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. This vulnerability occurs when the system has weak privilege access, that allows an attacker to do privilege escalation. In this case the attacker is able to view agent list on Wazuh dashboard with no privilege access. This issue has been addressed in release version 4.9.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (15.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

  • Wazuh — versions < 4.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47770?
CVE-2024-47770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2025-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-47770?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.