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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-11680

ProjectSend Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Published Nov 26, 2024 · catalog updated Jul 14, 2026 · ProjectSend ProjectSend

Patch now

CVE-2024-11680 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 24, 2024. Confirm ProjectSend ProjectSend against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
91.85%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe projectsend/projectsend · vendor ProjectSend ProjectSend

ProjectSend contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to enable unauthorized modification of the application's configuration via crafted HTTP requests to options.php. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • cpe projectsend/projectsendversion unspecified
  • vendor ProjectSend ProjectSendversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-11680

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-11680 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 24, 2024. Confirm ProjectSend ProjectSend against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-287: Improper Authentication; CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. EPSS 91.85%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 26, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to options.php, enabling unauthorized modification of the application's configuration. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.

  2. Dec 3, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 24, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jul 14, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to options.php, enabling unauthorized modification of the application's configuration. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-11680

    ProjectSend contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to enable unauthorized modification of the application's configuration via crafted HTTP requests to options.php. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11680

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-11680

    30-day exploitation probability 91.8%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/projectsend_unauth_rce

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11680

    ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to options.php, enabling unauthorized modification of the application's configuration. Successful

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-11680

    ProjectSend contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to enable unauthorized modification of the application's configuration via crafted HTTP requests to options.php. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create account

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.