CVE-2024-51751 | Arbitrary file read with File and UploadButton components in Gradio

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Gradio is an open-source Python package designed to enable quick builds of a demo or web application. If File or UploadButton components are used as a part of Gradio application to preview file content, an attacker with access to the application might abuse these components to read arbitrary files from the application server. This issue has been addressed in release version 5.5.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Published: 2024-11-06 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-51751 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.67%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-51751

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-51751

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 0.27% 0.67% +0.40%
2 2026-03-28 0.20% 0.27% +0.07%
3 2026-03-26 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-51751

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-51751

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-51751

GHSA-rhm9-gp5p-5248 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Gradio vulnerable to arbitrary file read with File and UploadButton components

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-51751

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gradio_project gradio >= 5.0.0, < 5.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gradio_project:gradio:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References for CVE-2024-51751

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