CVE-2024-48766

Exp

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.

Published: 2025-05-13 Last update: 2025-06-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-48766 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.66%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2024-48766

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-48766

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 2026-04-07 75.23% 77.66% +2.44%
2 2026-04-05 75.51% 75.23% -0.28%
3 2026-04-04 — 75.51% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-48766

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 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-48766

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-48766

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netalertx netalertx >= 24.7.18, < 24.10.12 cpe:2.3:a:netalertx:netalertx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-48766

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