# CVE-2024-34014: Path traversal in Acronis Backup extension for Plesk

> Attackers can overwrite arbitrary files during recovery via improper symbolic link handling in Acronis Backup plugins for cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6c9g-ghq5-c4c8

## What is CVE-2024-34014?

CVE-2024-34014 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Acronis Backup extension for Plesk, published on 11 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.8.3.818, Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.9.1.892, Acronis Backup extension for Plesk (Linux) before build 1.8.6.599, Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin (Linux) before build 1.2.2.181.

Weakness: CWE-61 (UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34014?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-34014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34014 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Acronis Backup extension for Plesk, published on 11 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Backup extension for Plesk. 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-2024-34014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34014/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34014

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34014/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.