{"id":73438,"date":"2025-09-09T23:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:29:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:37:14","slug":"cve-2024-43115-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-apache-dolphinscheduler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-43115-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-apache-dolphinscheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-43115: Improper Input Validation Vulnerability in Apache DolphinScheduler<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today we are discussing a significant cybersecurity vulnerability that affects users of Apache DolphinScheduler, specifically versions before 3.2.2. This vulnerability, named CVE-2024-43115, is a severe one, with a CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) score of 8.8. What this means is that an attacker exploiting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82905\">vulnerability could potentially compromise the system or even lead<\/a> to data leakage.<br \/>\nThe impact of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8730-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-routers-due-to-hard-coded-credentials\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81074\">vulnerability is substantial due<\/a> to the widespread use of Apache DolphinScheduler in numerous organizations and sectors. The improper input validation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53795-vulnerability-in-microsoft-pc-manager-allowing-unauthorized-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81023\">vulnerability allows<\/a> an authenticated user to execute any shell script server by alert script, potentially leading to severe security risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-43115<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83304\">Authenticated User<\/a>)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85614\">System Compromise<\/a>, Potential Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2969066640\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Apache DolphinScheduler | Before 3.2.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-38692-critical-rsa-key-size-validation-vulnerability-in-bootrom\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84498\">vulnerability occurs due to inadequate input validation<\/a> by the Apache DolphinScheduler. This weakness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31279-critical-permission-issue-allowing-user-fingerprinting-in-macos-and-ipados\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81909\">allows an authenticated user<\/a> to send a specially crafted shell script via an alert script, which the server then executes. The executed shell script can be of any nature, which means it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83764\">potentially compromise the system or lead<\/a> to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1886000652\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual representation of how the vulnerability might be exploited. Note that this is a simplification and not an actual exploit code:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#!\/bin\/bash\n# This is the malicious script that an attacker could use\necho &quot;Executing malicious operations...&quot;\n# Here, the attacker could perform various malicious operations<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>After crafting this malicious script, the attacker would use the alert script functionality in Apache DolphinScheduler to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54948-pre-authenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81129\">execute it remotely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations to Mitigate the Vulnerability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51055-insecure-data-storage-vulnerability-in-vedo-suite-version-2024-17\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81579\">vulnerability is to upgrade the Apache DolphinScheduler to version<\/a> 3.3.1 or later, which contains a patch for the issue. If immediate upgrade is not possible, users can employ a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor and block any suspicious activities. However, these are temporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30519-default-root-credentials-vulnerability-in-dover-fueling-solutions-progauge-maglink-lx4-devices\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90216\">solutions and do not remove the vulnerability<\/a>. Therefore, upgrading to a patched version is strongly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Today we are discussing a significant cybersecurity vulnerability that affects users of Apache DolphinScheduler, specifically versions before 3.2.2. This vulnerability, named CVE-2024-43115, is a severe one, with a CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) score of 8.8. What this means is that an attacker exploiting this vulnerability could potentially compromise the system or even lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[103],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-73438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apache"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73438"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83107,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438\/revisions\/83107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=73438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}