Arbitrary file modification via package path traversal
Published Mar 8, 2024 · Updated Mar 24, 2025
Path traversal in Numbas editor before 7.3 allows attackers to modify files outside editable theme and extension directories. Editable-package forms and views join attacker-controlled filenames to a package extraction path without resolving and enforcing containment before writing or deleting files. Ability to submit package-editing requests is required; traversal can overwrite or delete files reachable by the editor process, and a published exploit chains the write to code execution.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Numbas editor before 7.3 allows attackers to modify files outside editable theme and extension directories. Editable-package forms and views join attacker-controlled filenames to a package extraction path without resolving and enforcing containment before writing or deleting files. Ability to submit package-editing requests is required; traversal can overwrite or delete files reachable by the editor process, and a published exploit chains the write to code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27612
- Published
- Mar 8, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Numbas before 7.3 Remote Code Executionfunctional · unverified
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