CVE-2024-48766

high-risk
Published 2025-05-13

NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can ignore a redirect, and because of factors related to strpos and directory traversal, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to components/logs.php.

Do I need to act?

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77.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 22% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.6/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Netalertx

References (3)

Exploit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/aux...
Exploit https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/
Exploit https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 29/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal