CVE-2024-34470

Exp

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.

Published: 2024-05-06 Last update: 2025-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-34470 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 92.78%, 100th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-34470

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-34470

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-24 93.55% 92.78% -0.77%
2 2026-05-10 93.64% 93.55% -0.09%
3 2026-04-13 — 93.64% —

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-34470

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 4.0 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-34470

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-34470

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hsclabs mailinspector >= 5.2.17-3, < 5.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:hsclabs:mailinspector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-34470

URL Tags
https://github.com/osvaldotenorio/CVE-2024-34470 Exploit Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence