What is CVE-2024-51462?

CVE-2024-51462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Wincollect, classified under Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID). CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-51462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Qradar Wincollect

CVE-2024-51462

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0.0 through 10.1.12 could allow a remote attacker to inject XML data into parameter values due to improper input validation of assumed immutable data.

Published 2025-01-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Wincollect
IBM Qradar Wincollect Agent — versions 10.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-471 — Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7176043 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51462?: CVE-2024-51462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Wincollect, classified under Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID). CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-51462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.