CVE-2024-23537
Apache Fineract: Under certain circumstances, this vulnerability allowed users, without specific permissions, to escalate their privileges to any role.
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Apache Fineract: Under certain circumstances, this vulnerability allowed users, without specific permissions, to escalate their privileges to any role.
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-23537- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-21032
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2024-21032- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xcvp-xvv5-6298
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract...
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
- Record
GHSA-xcvp-xvv5-6298- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-23537- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Apache Fineract: Under certain circumstances, this vulnerability allowed users, without specific permissions, to escalate their privileges to any role.
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Fineract.This issue affects Apache Fineract: <1.8.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.9.0, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-23537- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-23537 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Apache Fineract, published March 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.10%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Apache+Fineract+Security+Report
lists.apache.org/thread/fq1ns4nprw2vqpkwwj9sw45jkwxmt9f1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23537
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcvp-xvv5-6298