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Vulnerability details: VCID-nk2j-myr2-qfgn
Vulnerability ID VCID-nk2j-myr2-qfgn
Aliases CVE-2024-45604
GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
Summary Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions authenticated users in the back end can list files outside the document root in the file selector widget. Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00747 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45604
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
cvssv4 5.3 https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
generic_textual MODERATE https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
ssvc Track https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/contao/contao
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/contao/contao
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/contao/contao
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
ssvc Track https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
cvssv4 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45604
https://github.com/contao/contao
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
CVE-2024-45604 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
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: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T13:09:34Z/ Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/directory-traversal-in-the-fileselector-widget
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/63409c6bdfd95197d9906e229d765b630d45742e
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
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: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T13:09:34Z/ Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-4p75-5p53-65m9
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
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: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45604
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.73531
EPSS Score 0.00747
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:32:36.962334+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45604.json 38.6.0