CVE-2024-8517

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2024-09-06. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 95%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 95%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending a crafted multipart file upload HTTP request.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
99.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 6, 2024

Last Modified

September 25, 2025

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

SPIP Bigup Multipart File Upload Command Injection | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://vulncheck.com/advisories/spip-upload-rce
generic

Spip Preauth RCE 2024, my First CVE ! — Vozec's Blog

https://vozec.fr/researchs/spip-preauth-rce-2024-big-upload/
generic

Spip Preauth RCE 2024: Part 2, A Big Upload • Think Love Share

https://thinkloveshare.com/hacking/spip_preauth_rce_2024_part_2_a_big_upload/
generic

Mise à jour critique de sécurité : sortie de SPIP 4.3.2, SPIP 4.2.16, SPIP (…) - SPIP Blog

https://blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-critique-de-securite-sortie-de-SPIP-4-3-2-SPIP-4-2-16-SPIP-4-1-18.html

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuspip (4.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-20 17:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-13 08:37 UTCOSV refresh
  8. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-24 23:01 UTCOSV refresh
  13. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-14 23:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-07 21:50 UTCOSV refresh
  24. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-05-23 11:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-05-23 11:23 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-05-23 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCChocapikk/CVE-2024-8517
    First seen Sep 6, 2024

    SPIP BigUp Plugin Unauthenticated RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/http/spip_bigup_unauth_rce✓ verified
    First seen Sep 6, 2024

    SPIP BigUp Plugin Unauthenticated RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2024/CVE-2024-8517.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2024

    SPIP BigUp Plugin - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-8517?
CVE-2024-8517 is a critical vulnerability published on September 6, 2024. SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending a crafted multipart file upload HTTP request.
When was CVE-2024-8517 disclosed?
CVE-2024-8517 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 6, 2024, with the most recent update on September 25, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-8517 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-8517 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-8517?
CVE-2024-8517 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-8517?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-8517, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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