CVE-2024-38204 — Improper access control in Imagine Cup allows an authorized attacker to elevate

Improper access control in Imagine Cup allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper access control in Imagine Cup allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-10-15T22:46:38.715Z
• Last modified: 2025-07-08T15:39:33.993Z

09References

• msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38204