{"id":"CVE-2024-42499","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-42499","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:48:32.844Z","title":"Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') issue exists in FitNesse releases prior to 20241026.","description":"Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') issue exists in FitNesse releases prior to 20241026. If this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may be able to know whether a file exists at a specific path, and/or obtain some part of the file contents under specific conditions.","published":"2024-11-15T06:15:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:49:34.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00667,"percentile":0.51571,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://fitnesse.org/FitNesseDownload","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://github.com/unclebob/fitnesse/releases/tag/20241026","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN36791327/","source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42499","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}