Today > vulnerabilities   -   You can now download lists of IOCs here!

CVE-2024-47820

Nov. 19, 2024, 9:57 p.m.

CVSS Score

5.7 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

MarkUs

  • before 2.4.8

Description

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CWE ID: 22

Date

Published: Nov. 18, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 19, 2024, 9:57 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
5.7
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
4.7
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

https://github.com/ security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/ security-advisories@github.com