CVE-2024-49368 | Unchecked logrotate settings lead to arbitrary command execution

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Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to version 2.0.0-beta.36, when Nginx UI configures logrotate, it does not verify the input and directly passes it to exec.Command, causing arbitrary command execution. Version 2.0.0-beta.36 fixes this issue.

Published: 2024-10-21 Last update: 2024-11-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-49368 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.49%, 98th 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-2024-49368

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-49368

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 2026-06-15 52.24% 23.49% -28.75%
2 2026-05-15 57.71% 52.24% -5.47%
3 2026-04-08 — 57.71% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-49368

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.9 4.0 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:P)
Proof-of-concept: public PoC exists; no reported exploitation and no known simplification tools.
Confidentiality requirement (CR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Integrity requirement (IR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Availability requirement (AR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Modified attack vector (MAV:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV).
Modified attack complexity (MAC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC).
Modified attack requirements (MAT:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT).
Modified privileges required (MPR:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR).
Modified user interaction (MUI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI).
Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric.
Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric.
Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric.
Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric.
Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric.
Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric.
Safety (supplemental) (S:X)
Not evaluated.
Automatable (supplemental) (AU:X)
Not evaluated.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:X)
Not evaluated.
Value density (supplemental) (V:X)
Not evaluated.
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:X)
Not evaluated.
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:X)
Not evaluated.
 — — [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-49368

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-49368

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nginxui nginx_ui <= 1.9.9-4 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta10_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta13-patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta15:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta17:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta18:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta18-patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta18-patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta19:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta20:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta21:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta22:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta23:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta23-patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta23-ptach2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta25:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta25-patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta25-ptach2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta27:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta28:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta29:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta30:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta31:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta32:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta32-patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta33:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta34:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta35:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta4_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta5_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta6_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta6_patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta8_patch:*:*:*:*:*:*
nginxui nginx_ui 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nginxui:nginx_ui:2.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-49368

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