# CVE-2024-6911: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

> Unauthenticated attackers can access local files on Windows systems via a local file inclusion vulnerability in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7hh-r4jx-72fm

## What is CVE-2024-6911?

CVE-2024-6911 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus, published on 22 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Files on the Windows system are accessible without authentication to external parties due to a local file inclusion in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus.This issue affects ProcessPlus: through 1.11.6507.0.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6911?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Perkinelmer Processplus.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6911 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6911 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PerkinElmer ProcessPlus <= 1.11.6507.0 - Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6911.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus

- [CVE-2024-6912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6912/): Hardcoded MSSQL Credentials (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-6913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6913/): Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6911 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6911 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus, published on 22 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6911 exists.

Affected product: PerkinElmer ProcessPlus. 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-2024-6911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6911/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6911
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6911
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6911

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6911/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.