CVE-2024-47820
MarkUs vulnerable to Path Traversal
MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
MarkUs vulnerable to Path Traversal
MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.
- Record
CVE-2024-47820- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-42700
MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.
- Record
EUVD-2024-42700- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.
- Record
CVE-2024-47820- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
MarkUs vulnerable to Path Traversal
MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.
- Record
CVE-2024-47820- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-47820 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Markusproject Markus, published November 18, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.