# CVE-2024-11834: Arbitrary File Write via PTRAC Import

> Attackers can write arbitrary files via PTRAC import, potentially leading to code execution or data modification in PlexTrac.

- **Severity:** High 8.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/U:Red`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59fp-r79g-c22h

## What is CVE-2024-11834?

CVE-2024-11834 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PlexTrac, published on 13 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in PlexTrac allows arbitrary file writes.This issue affects PlexTrac: from 1.61.3 before 2.8.1.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11834?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Plextrac Plextrac.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PlexTrac

- [CVE-2024-11833](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11833/): Arbitrary Directory Write via Runbooks Artifact Upload (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2022-37144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-37144/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-12687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12687/): Insecure YAML Deserialization (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-11836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11836/): Server-side Request Forgery (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-11837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11837/): N1QL Injection (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11834 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PlexTrac, published on 13 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PlexTrac. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.