CVE-2024-10708
Published: 10 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-10708 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Bowo System Dashboard. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The System Dashboard WordPress plugin before version 2.8.15 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in which user-supplied input used to construct a file path is not validated. This flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.9 and permits high-privilege accounts to supply crafted paths that resolve outside intended directories.
An authenticated administrator can exploit the issue remotely with low attack complexity to read arbitrary files stored on the underlying server, resulting in disclosure of sensitive configuration data, source code, or other restricted content without affecting integrity or availability.
The referenced WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/61d750a5-8c2c-4c94-a1a9-6a254c2a0d03/ documents the flaw and indicates that the issue is resolved in version 2.8.15. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0850 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-33527
Vulnerability details
The System Dashboard WordPress plugin before 2.8.15 does not validate user input used in a path, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform path traversal attacks an read arbitrary files on the server
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.