CVE-2024-45440

Exp

core/authorize.php in Drupal 11.x-dev allows Full Path Disclosure (even when error logging is None) if the value of hash_salt is file_get_contents of a file that does not exist.

Published: 2024-08-29 Last update: 2025-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-45440 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.69%, 99th 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-2024-45440

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
52266 exploit_db edb 2025-04-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-45440

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 2026-05-28 87.54% 86.69% -0.85%
2 2026-05-03 87.23% 87.54% +0.31%
3 2026-04-06 — 87.23% —

Full EPSS history (60 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-45440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-45440

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-45440

GHSA-mg8j-w93w-xjgc · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Drupal Full Path Disclosure

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-45440

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-45440 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (drupal7), 9 status rows across 9 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-45440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drupal drupal 2023-05-09 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:2023-05-09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-45440

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