Medium severity · published Feb 20, 2025
CVE-2024-49780
IBM OpenPages path traversal
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker with privileges to perform Import Configuration could send a specially crafted http request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the file name parameter used in Import Configuration to write files to arbitrary locations outside of the specified directory and possibly overwrite arbitrary files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OW
OpenPages with Watson · IBM
8.3; 9.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49780
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49780
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183541
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