CVE-2024-4836 LFI in sites managed by Edito CMS
Unauthenticated attackers can download sensitive configuration files from Edito CMS installations, leading to information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4836?
CVE-2024-4836 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Edito CMS, published on 2 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Web services managed by Edito CMS (Content Management System) in versions from 3.5 through 3.25 leak sensitive data as they allow downloading configuration files by an unauthenticated user. The issue in versions 3.5 - 3.25 was removed in releases which dates from 10th of January 2014. Higher versions were never affected.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4836?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4836?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-4836 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4836 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2w9-635q-99v6.