Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-39171

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 09 July 2024

Published
09 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
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 0.0096 76.9th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-39171 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Phpvibe Phpvibe. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 23.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory Travel in PHPVibe v11.0.46 due to incomplete blacklist checksums and directory checks, which can lead to code execution via writing specific statements to .htaccess and code to a file with a .png suffix.

CWE(s)
CWE-22CWE-35

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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 vulnerability in PHPVibe upload endpoints (upload-ffmpeg.php, etc.) allows arbitrary file writes to web paths (e.g., .htaccess modifications and PHP code in .png files), enabling remote code execution via exploitation of a public-facing web application.

Affected Assets

phpvibe
phpvibe
11.0.3 — 11.0.46

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