CVE-2024-48766
NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-48766- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-698
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-54478
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-54478- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h96f-qxw6-vq8x
NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can...
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.
- Record
GHSA-h96f-qxw6-vq8x- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-698
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-48766- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-698, CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-48766- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-698
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | NetAlertX File Read Vulnerability | 2025-01-30 |
| Nuclei | NetAlert X - Arbitary File Read |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-48766 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Jokob-sk Netalertx, published May 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx
raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/netalertx_file_read.rb
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48766
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h96f-qxw6-vq8x