What is CVE-2024-56524?

CVE-2024-56524 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Radware Cloud Waf, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-56524?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Radware Cloud Waf

CVE-2024-56524

Radware Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) before 2025-05-07 allows remote attackers to bypass firewall filters by adding a special character to the request.

Published 2025-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Radware Cloud Waf

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

radware.com/solutions/cloud-security/ (Product)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722229 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56524?: CVE-2024-56524 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Radware Cloud Waf, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-56524?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.