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CVE-2024-27612

Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.2EPSS 10.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

CVSS 3.1
6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
10.71% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 March 2024
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
numbas/editor
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 10.71%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 10.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51867source ↗Numbas < v7.3 - Remote Code Executionnodejs · Matheus Alexandrewebapps10 March 2024no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.