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CVE-2024-34470

An Unauthenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists in the /public/loader.php file.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 6.70%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in HSC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3 through v.5.2.18. An Unauthenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists in the /public/loader.php file. The path parameter does not properly filter whether the file and directory passed are part of the webroot, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
6.70% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-29
Affected
hsclabs/mailinspector
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.