CVE-2024-8510 | N-central Path Traversal

N-central is vulnerable to a path traversal that allows unintended access to the Apache Tomcat WEB-INF directory. Customer data is not exposed. This vulnerability is present in all deployments of N-central prior to N-central 2024.6.

Published: 2025-03-17 Last update: 2025-09-05 Assigner: a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b Source: a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-8510 is rated Moderate Risk (43.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-8510

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 2026-04-26 0.62% 0.45% -0.17%
2 2026-04-25 0.16% 0.62% +0.46%
3 2025-12-11 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-8510

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 a5532a13-c4dd-4202-bef1-e0b8f2f8d12b

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-8510

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-8510

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
n-able n-central < 2024.6 cpe:2.3:a:n-able:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-8510

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