CVE-2024-2053Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Unauthenticated file read via single-pass path filtering

Published Mar 5, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025

Path traversal in Artica Proxy 4.40 and 4.50 allows remote attackers to read files accessible to the www-data user. The images.listener.php endpoint concatenates mailattach to /opt/artica/share/www/attachments/ after stripping traversal substrings only once, allowing nested sequences to survive normalization. No authentication is required, and disclosure is limited to files readable by the web service account.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability44.58%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Artica Proxy 4.40 and 4.50 allows remote attackers to read files accessible to the www-data user. The images.listener.php endpoint concatenates mailattach to /opt/artica/share/www/attachments/ after stripping traversal substrings only once, allowing nested sequences to survive normalization. No authentication is required, and disclosure is limited to files readable by the web service account.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-2053
Published
Mar 5, 2024
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Vendor
Artica Tech
Product
Artica Proxy
Classifications
CWE-23, T1190, T1005
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.40
  2. Affected versionversion=4.50

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Artica Tech · Artica Proxyversion=4.40; version=4.50

Published CVSS scores

7.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-23Relative Path Traversal
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1005Data from Local System

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