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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-46506

netalertx netalertx Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated May 13, 2025 · NetAlertX NetAlertX

Patch now

CVE-2024-46506 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm NetAlertX NetAlertX against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical10.0
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
62.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX · vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX 23.01.14 <24.10.12

NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor NetAlertX NetAlertXversion unspecified
  • vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX 23.01.14 <24.10.1223.01.14 <24.10.12

How to fix CVE-2024-46506

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-46506 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm NetAlertX NetAlertX against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with NetAlertX NetAlertX 23.01.14 <24.10.12 23.01.14 <24.10.12. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 62.39%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 13, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. May 13, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-46506

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14500

    NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-46506

    NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.

    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.