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Advisory details: ruby_advisory_db / gems/camaleon_cms/CVE-2024-46987
Advisory ID ruby_advisory_db/gems/camaleon_cms/CVE-2024-46987
Aliases CVE-2024-46987
GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c
Summary Camaleon CMS vulnerable to arbitrary path traversal (GHSL-2024-183) A path traversal vulnerability accessible via MediaController's download_private_file method allows authenticated users to download any file on the web server Camaleon CMS is running on (depending on the file permissions). In the [download_private_file] method: ```ruby def download_private_file cama_uploader.enable_private_mode! file = cama_uploader.fetch_file("private/#{params[:file]}") send_file file, disposition: 'inline' end ``` [download_private_file]: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/feccb96e542319ed608acd3a16fa5d92f13ede67/app/controllers/camaleon_cms/admin/media_controller.rb#L28 The file parameter is passed to the [fetch_file] method of the CamaleonCmsLocalUploader class (when files are uploaded locally): ```ruby def fetch_file(file_name) raise ActionController::RoutingError, 'File not found' unless file_exists?(file_name) file_name end ``` [fetch_file]: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/feccb96e542319ed608acd3a16fa5d92f13ede67/app/uploaders/camaleon_cms_local_uploader.rb#L27 If the file exists it's passed back to the download_private_file method where the file is sent to the user via [send_file]. [send_file]: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/blob/feccb96e542319ed608acd3a16fa5d92f13ede67/app/controllers/camaleon_cms/admin/media_controller.rb#L33-L34 ## Impact This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. ## Remediation Normalize file paths constructed from untrusted user input before using them and check that the resulting path is inside the targeted directory. Additionally, do not allow character sequences such as `..` in untrusted input that is used to build paths. ## See Also * [CodeQL: Uncontrolled data used in path expression](https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/ruby/rb-path-injection/) * [OWASP: Path Traversal](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.7
cvssv4 7.1
Reference id Reference type URL
GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c
Data source Metasploit
Description Exploits CVE-2024-46987, an authenticated directory traversal vulnerability in Camaleon CMS versions <= 2.8.0 and 2.9.0
Note 
Stability:
  - crash-safe
Reliability:
  - repeatable-session
SideEffects:
  - ioc-in-logs
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Aug. 8, 2024
Platform Linux
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/camaleon_download_private_file.rb
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added April 30, 2026
Description Camaleon CMS v2.9.0 - Path Traversal
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date April 30, 2026
Exploit type webapps
Platform multiple
Source update date April 30, 2026

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
There are no known vectors.

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T18:57:11Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46987.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2024-46987

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]