# CVE-2024-46540: File upload in n/a

> Attackers can upload webshells via remote file download features in the admin panel, leading to remote code execution and system privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgwc-f2wf-xrf8

## What is CVE-2024-46540?

CVE-2024-46540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog Emlog, published on 30 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the component /admin/store.php of Emlog Pro before v2.3.15 allows attackers to use remote file downloads and self-extract fucntions to upload webshells to the target server, thereby obtaining system privileges.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46540?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emlog Emlog.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46540?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-46540 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-46540 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Emlog Emlog

- [CVE-2025-29401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29401/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-25783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25783/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-44973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44973/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-44974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44974/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-43291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43291/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46540 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog Emlog, published on 30 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-46540 exists.

Affected product: Emlog Emlog. 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-2024-46540/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46540/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46540
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46540
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46540

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46540/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.