CVE-2024-48766

high

Description

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.

References

https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/netalertx_file_read.rb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-13

Updated: 2025-06-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.74577