CVE-2024-38194
Azure Web Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps to elevate privileges over a network.
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
Azure Web Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2024-38194- 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/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37162
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2024-37162- 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/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc6w-v672-99cv
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps...
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-rc6w-v672-99cv- 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-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An authenticated attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability in Azure Web Apps to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2024-38194- 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
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38194 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Microsoft Azure Web Apps, published September 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.