CVE-2024-48766

HIGHNVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
8.6
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 69%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 69%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(medium)
EPSS
99.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 13, 2025

Last Modified

June 24, 2025

References (3)

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-05-30 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-05-30 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Metasploitauxiliary/scanner/http/netalertx_file_read✓ verified
    First seen Jan 30, 2025

    NetAlertX File Read Vulnerability

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2024/CVE-2024-48766.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2024

    NetAlert X - Arbitary File Read

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-48766?
CVE-2024-48766 is a high vulnerability published on May 13, 2025. 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.
When was CVE-2024-48766 disclosed?
CVE-2024-48766 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 13, 2025, with the most recent update on June 24, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-48766 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-48766 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-48766?
CVE-2024-48766 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-48766?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-48766, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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