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title: "CVE-2024-22120: Time Based SQL Injection in Zabbix Server… | CubePath"
description: "Zabbix server can perform command execution for configured scripts. After command is executed, audit entry is added to \"Audit Log\". Due to \"clientip\"…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-22120
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# CVE-2024-22120: Time Based SQL Injection in Zabbix Server… | CubePath

## Description

Zabbix server can perform command execution for configured scripts. After command is executed, audit entry is added to "Audit Log". Due to "clientip" field is not sanitized, it is possible to injection SQL into "clientip" and exploit time based blind SQL injection.

Official description from the CVE record, published by Zabbix. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22120)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.1

Score published by Zabbix in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

| Metric                 | Value   | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low     | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | High    | An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.        |
| User interaction       | None    | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.                    |
| Confidentiality impact | High    | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High    | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High    | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.76618 (76.6% probability)

Percentile

99.5%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA assessment as of May 20, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Public proof of concept recorded by CISA

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html) Improper Input Validation

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Zabbix

  - affected: 6.0.0 up to 6.0.27
  - affected: 6.4.0 up to 6.4.12
  - affected: 7.0.0alpha1 up to 7.0.0beta1

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-24505](https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-24505)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jan 5, 2024
2. Record published May 17, 2024
3. Record last updated Aug 1, 2024

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