# CVE-2024-46212: Path traversal in redaxo

> Attackers can exploit a directory traversal vulnerability in REDAXO CMS to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-37gm-h5wr-pf25

## What is CVE-2024-46212?

CVE-2024-46212 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue in the component /index.php?page=backup/export of REDAXO CMS v5.17.1 allows attackers to execute a directory traversal.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46212?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including redaxo/source. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `redaxo/source` | Packagist | All versions to 5.17.1 | None |
| `redaxo/source` | Packagist | All versions to 5.17.1 | None |

Products: Redaxo Redaxo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-46212 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-46212 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-18200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18200/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-17831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17831/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-21857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21857/): Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2006-2843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2843/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-2844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2844/): Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Redaxo 3.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the REX[I (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46212 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46212 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-46212 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- redaxo/source (Packagist): affected all versions up to 5.17.1; no fix listed
- redaxo/source (Packagist): affected all versions up to 5.17.1; no fix listed

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-2024-46212/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46212/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46212
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46212
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46212

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46212/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.