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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67.9%, 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
- 67.91% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-698, CWE-22
- Affected
- netalertx/netalertx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 67.7% on 9 October 2026 to 67.9% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.