Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-48766 is a high-severity EAR (CWE-698) vulnerability in Netalertx Netalertx. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
NetAlertX versions 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 contain an unauthenticated file-reading vulnerability in components/logs.php. The flaw stems from an HTTP client’s ability to ignore redirects combined with insufficient handling via strpos and directory-traversal sequences, allowing arbitrary file access with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.6.
An unauthenticated network attacker can supply crafted requests that bypass intended access controls and retrieve sensitive files from the underlying system, resulting in high-impact confidentiality exposure with changed scope.
The issue was exploited in the wild in May 2025. Public references include a Metasploit auxiliary scanner module for the file-read vector and research publications detailing related remote-code-execution findings in the same product. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.7799 with a current value of 0.7766.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54478
Vulnerability Data
NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can ignore a redirect, and because of factors related to strpos and directory traversal, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to components/logs.php.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Developer testing and evaluation can discover execution paths that continue after a redirect.
Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.
Requiring a documented secure development process and standards can mandate exiting immediately after issuing redirects.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent improper redirect handling via code review and static analysis, but eliminating only this flaw covers a narrow slice of the control's broader intent.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect EAR flaws before deployment.
Secure development lifecycle requires proper handling of redirects and exit logic, reducing EAR risk.
Application security requirements can mandate safe redirect patterns and post-redirect termination.
Secure architecture principles discourage continued execution after redirects.
Secure coding standards directly address proper redirect handling and flow termination.
Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.