CVE-2024-0465

Authenticated file disclosure via download_file path traversal

Published Jan 12, 2024 · Updated Jun 16, 2025

Path traversal in download.php in Employee Profile Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read local files. The endpoint resolves the attacker-controlled download_file value without blocking ../ sequences, allowing the path to escape its intended directory. Access requires authentication and adjacency to the hosting network; successful exploitation discloses readable server-side file content.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.73%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in download.php in Employee Profile Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read local files. The endpoint resolves the attacker-controlled download_file value without blocking ../ sequences, allowing the path to escape its intended directory. Access requires authentication and adjacency to the hosting network; successful exploitation discloses readable server-side file content.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-0465
Published
Jan 12, 2024
Updated
Jun 16, 2025
Vendor
Tutorials Website
Product
Employee Profile Management System
Classifications
CWE-24, T1005
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Tutorials Website · Employee Profile Management Systemversion=1.0

Published CVSS scores

5.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.5VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.7VulDBAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-24Path Traversal: '../filedir'
T1005Data from Local System

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