CVE-2024-48766 Path traversal in NetAlertX
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files via directory traversal in NetAlertX, exposing sensitive system information.
- 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-2024-48766?
CVE-2024-48766 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NetAlertX, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can ignore a redirect, and because of factors related to strpos and directory traversal, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to components/logs.php.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48766?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netalertx Netalertx.
How do I fix CVE-2024-48766?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48766 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-2024-48766 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-48766 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in NetAlertX
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h96f-qxw6-vq8x.