# CVE-2024-9765: EKC Tournament Manager < 2.2.2 - Local File Download Vulnerability

> A logged-in admin can exploit a path traversal flaw in the EKC Tournament Manager plugin to download arbitrary system files outside the WordPress directory.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 16 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vr72-pg8g-8362

## What is CVE-2024-9765?

CVE-2024-9765 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown EKC Tournament Manager, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The EKC Tournament Manager WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 allows a logged in admin to download system files outside of the WordPress directory

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9765?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lukashuser Ekc Tournament Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9765?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9765 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9765 exists.

Public exploit code:

- EKC Tournament Manager WordPress plugin - Path Traversal (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9765.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown EKC Tournament Manager

- [CVE-2024-9709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9709/): EKC Tournament Manager < 2.2.2 - Create Tournaments/Teams via CSRF (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-9711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9711/): EKC Tournament Manager < 2.2.2 - Delete Tournaments via CSRF (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9765 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown EKC Tournament Manager, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9765 exists.

Affected product: Unknown EKC Tournament Manager. 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-2024-9765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9765

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9765/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.