CVE-2024-52413
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in dmcwebzone Airin Blog airin-blog allows Object Injection.This issue affects Airin Blog: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in dmcwebzone Airin Blog (version <= 1.6.1) allows remote attackers to inject PHP objects by providing malicious serialized data. This object injection can potentially lead to remote code execution depending on available classes in the application context.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Airin Blog installationLocate the Airin Blog application files on the server. Common paths include /var/www/html/, /home/*/public_html/, or web root directories. Look for directories containing 'airin' or 'blog' in the name, or index.php files with 'Airin' or 'dmcwebzone' branding.Affected if The application is present and running dmcwebzone Airin Blog
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Determine installed versionCheck for version indicators in typical locations: (1) version.php or VERSION file in the application root, (2) changelog.txt or CHANGELOG for version history, (3) admin dashboard 'About' or 'System Info' page, (4) footer of the site for version numbers.Affected if The installed version is 1.6.1 or lower
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Locate unserialize() usage in source codeSearch PHP source files for 'unserialize(' calls. Use grep or similar: grep -r "unserialize(" /path/to/airin/blog/ . Focus on files that process user input from $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, or database values before passing to unserialize().Affected if Code contains unserialize() calls processing external input without validation
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Verify untrusted data reaches unserialize()Examine identified unserialize() calls to determine if the data source is user-controlled. Check if parameters from HTTP requests, database fields, or session data are passed directly to unserialize() without sanitization or integrity checks.Affected if Serialized data from untrusted sources (user input, external databases) is deserialized without validation
You are affected if running Airin Blog version 1.6.1 or lower AND the application uses insecure unserialize() calls on data that originates from user input or untrusted sources.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace insecure unserialize() calls with safe alternatives such as JSON encoding/decoding, or implement strict class whitelist validation if serialization is absolutely required. Additionally, implement cryptographic integrity checks on any deserialized data.
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