CVE-2024-51748Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Administrative code execution via traversed translation path

Published Nov 11, 2024 · Updated Nov 12, 2024

Path traversal in Kanboard before 1.2.42 allows remote authenticated users with admin access to execute arbitrary PHP code. The application reads application_language from an imported SQLite database and uses it as a path to load translations.php without confining the path. Exploitation requires administrative database-import access and a location containing the attacker's translations.php payload, which executes with the web server's privileges.

CVSS severity9.1
Critical
EPSS probability0.94%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Kanboard before 1.2.42 allows remote authenticated users with admin access to execute arbitrary PHP code. The application reads application_language from an imported SQLite database and uses it as a path to load translations.php without confining the path. Exploitation requires administrative database-import access and a location containing the attacker's translations.php payload, which executes with the web server's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-51748
Published
Nov 11, 2024
Updated
Nov 12, 2024
Vendor
Kanboard
Product
Kanboard
Classifications
CWE-22, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.2.42
  2. Affected versionversion=< 1.2.42

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Kanboard · Kanboardversion=0 <1.2.42; version=< 1.2.42

Published CVSS scores

7.2NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.1GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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