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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2024-46987
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2024-46987
Aliases
Summary Camaleon CMS is a dynamic and advanced content management system based on Ruby on Rails. 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). This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.8.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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 (2)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.7
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/ruby/rb-path-injection
https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-182_GHSL-2024-186_Camaleon_CMS
https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/1exwtdm/camaleon_cms_281_has_been_released
GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c
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
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

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T18:57:11Z/ Found at None

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 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]