Sigma rule: CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f6ae8b198cd0, updated 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2024-03-20
File: rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-1212/web_exploit_cve_2024_1212_.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential exploitation of CVE-2024-1709 an unauthenticated command injection in Progress Kemp LoadMaster.
It looks for GET requests to '/access/set' API with the parameters 'param=enableapi' and 'value=1' as well as an "Authorization" header with a base64 encoded value with an uncommon character.

Log source

category: webserver

Detection

selection_path:
    cs-method: 'GET'
    cs-uri-stem|contains|all:
        - '/access/set'
        - 'param=enableapi'
        - 'value=1'
selection_keywords:
    - 'Basic Jz'
    - 'Basic c7'
    - 'Basic nO'
    - "Basic ';"
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unlikely

CVEs this rule names

CVE-2024-1212

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-1212/web_exploit_cve_2024_1212_.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-1212/web_exploit_cve_2024_1212_.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: CVE-2024-1212 Exploitation - Progress Kemp LoadMaster Unauthenticated Command Injection",
entity page, dataset version ref-f6ae8b198cd0, updated 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/eafb8bd5-7605-4bfe-a9ec-0442bc151f15 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule eafb8bd5-7605-4bfe-a9ec-0442bc151f15, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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