VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-48766
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.
HIGH 8.6EPSS 69.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- 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
- 69.70% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-698, CWE-22
- Affected
- netalertx/netalertx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/netalertx_file_read.rbExploit
- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.