Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4790

Medium

Published: 14 May 2024

Published
14 May 2024
Modified
04 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0049 65.9th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4790 is a medium-severity Path Traversal: '../filedir' (CWE-24) vulnerability in Dedecms Dedecms. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Direct Volume Access (T1006); ranked in the top 34.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in DedeCMS 5.7.114. This affects an unknown part of the file /sys_verifies.php?action=view. The manipulation of the argument filename with the input ../../../../../etc/passwd leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. It is possible to initiate…

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the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-263889 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-24CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Path traversal vulnerability allows remote arbitrary file read (e.g., /etc/passwd), enabling Direct Volume Access (T1006) and OS Credential Dumping via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow (T1003.008).

Affected Assets

dedecms
dedecms
5.7.114

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.

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