# CVE-2024-8877: Netman 204 - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-8877 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-8877

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 6.9
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Riello Netman 204
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))

## Description

Improper neutralization of special elements results in a SQL Injection vulnerability in Riello Netman 204. It is only limited to the SQLite database of measurement data.This issue affects Netman 204: through 4.05.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-8877](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8877) is a SQL injection vulnerability affecting Riello Netman 204, where improper handling of special characters in parameters allows attackers to craft malicious requests targeting measurement data stored in the SQLite database.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 25th of March 2025.

CrowdSec network observations suggest that most exploitation of CVE-2024-8877 involves focused reconnaissance to identify viable targets. Attackers typically tailor their campaigns based on system exposure and configuration. It is unlikely that a given attack is accidental.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2024-8877 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers are observed probing URLs containing `/cgi-bin/db_eventlog_w.cgi`, attempting to inject malicious payloads via crafted parameter values.

## Timeline

- 2024-09-24: CVE Published. CVE-2024-8877 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-25: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-8877 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-25: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-8877 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-8877.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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