CVE-2024-27612
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
- Record
CVE-2024-27612- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-24806
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
- Record
EUVD-2024-24806- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5q6q-6936-g555
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
- Record
GHSA-5q6q-6936-g555- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
- Record
CVE-2024-27612- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.
- Record
CVE-2024-27612- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Numbas < v7.3 - Remote Code Execution | 2024-03-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27612 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Numbas Editor, published March 8, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.