CVE-2024-48248highunder attackCWE-36

CVE-2024-48248: high-severity vulnerability in NAKIVO Backup & Replication Director

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ssvc Actcvss 8.6epss 94%
from disclosure to weaponsame day
Published on NVDMar 4
1st PoCJan 28
CISA KEV+15d
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2025-04-09

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

In short

NAKIVO Backup & Replication versions before 11.0.0.88174 allow attackers to read any file on the system by bypassing directory restrictions, potentially exposing sensitive credentials that could lead to unauthorized access across the entire organization.

Technical detail

The vulnerability exploits path traversal in the getImageByPath function accessible via /c/router endpoint, enabling unauthenticated file disclosure. PhysicalDiscovery component stores cleartext credentials, which when exposed can be leveraged for lateral movement and remote code execution across enterprise infrastructure.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to /c/router (this may lead to remote code execution across the enterprise because PhysicalDiscovery has cleartext credentials).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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