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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-48766

netalertx netalertx Execution After Redirect (EAR)

Published May 12, 2025 · catalog updated May 13, 2025 · NetAlertX NetAlertX

Patch now

CVE-2024-48766 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
High8.6
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
67.66%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX · vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX 24.7.18 <24.10.12

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. VulnCheck canary evidence.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor NetAlertX NetAlertXversion unspecified
  • vendor NetAlertX NetAlertX 24.7.18 <24.10.1224.7.18 <24.10.12

How to fix CVE-2024-48766

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-48766 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 24.7.18 <24.10.12 24.7.18 <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 67.66%. 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 12, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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. VulnCheck canary evidence.

  2. May 12, 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 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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-48766

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54478

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-48766

    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.

    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.