Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-33350

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 29 April 2024

Published
29 April 2024
Modified
16 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0760 92.0th percentile
Risk Priority 24 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-33350 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Taogogo Taocms. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 8.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-33350 is a directory traversal vulnerability, tracked as CWE-22, that affects TaoCMS version 3.0.2. The flaw resides in the include/model/file.php component and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible attack vectors that require no authentication or user interaction.

A remote attacker can exploit the issue to traverse directories, write arbitrary files, execute code on the server, and retrieve sensitive information. The published proof-of-concept demonstrates direct file-writing capability that leads to these outcomes without any privileged access.

Public references consist solely of exploit code demonstrating the arbitrary file write; they contain no vendor advisories, patch details, or mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0760 with no material increase since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory Traversal vulnerability in TaoCMS v.3.0.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive information via the include/model/file.php component.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Directory traversal in public-facing TaoCMS web application (T1190) enables reading sensitive files from local system (T1005) and arbitrary file writing for web shell deployment and RCE (T1100).

Affected Assets

taogogo
taocms
3.0.2

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References